Politics And Current Events

Postby **willeyeam** » Mon Jan 30, 2023 3:02 pm

shyster, are you opposed to all workplace dress codes?

Postby **tifosi77** » Mon Jan 30, 2023 3:07 pm

I am very pro-Star Wars night, fwiw

Postby **nocera** » Mon Jan 30, 2023 3:25 pm

What about hockey uniforms in general? Every Penguins player is supporting Bold Penguin, Highmark, and PPG Paints. And guess what, they're forced to.

But, I would suggest that only posting about LGBTQ jerseys or cakes or whatever hurts your cause. I want the same amount of passion over Hockey Fights Cancer jerseys.

Postby **faftorial** » Mon Jan 30, 2023 3:43 pm

Shyster is all that's left to prevent us from going woke.

Postby **DigitalGypsy66** » Mon Jan 30, 2023 3:51 pm

Imagine telling my parents (and others from that generation) in 1970 that one day, the local class A baseball team would have a Grateful Dead night.

Postby **count2infinity** » Mon Jan 30, 2023 4:02 pm

Source of the post I oppose all forms of compelled theme nights. That includes the Sports Matter Program, Hockey Fights Cancer, Military Appreciation, and whatever other jerseys they've come up with or may come up with.

Why?

Postby **DigitalGypsy66** » Mon Jan 30, 2023 5:06 pm

Am I wrong to be a little concerned about showing the ship and naming the port from which it's leaving? OpSec fail? I wonder if the Russian Navy has submarines out...seriously.

Postby **Gaucho** » Mon Jan 30, 2023 5:23 pm

The ship left the port five days ago.

Postby **Gaucho** » Mon Jan 30, 2023 5:26 pm

Which may or may not answer your question. Probably not.

Postby **shafnutz05** » Mon Jan 30, 2023 5:29 pm

Americans: trick question… dinosaurs ain’t in the Bible and they just a trick by the deep state to make you atheist. I ain’t fallin for that!
Or you have the creationists who built a museum to commemorate their bullshit, complete with a triceratops with a saddle.

Ugh. The worst.

Old Earth creationism ftw

Postby **Shyster** » Mon Jan 30, 2023 7:43 pm

Why?

I don't believe it's appropriate to compel another person to express support for a cause, unless they have voluntarily agreed to do so. The right to free speech includes the right not to speak.

Postby **tifosi77** » Mon Jan 30, 2023 7:59 pm

I chooooooose........... NOT to speak!

But doesn't 'compel' and 'voluntarily' sort of cancel each other out there?

Postby **faftorial** » Mon Jan 30, 2023 8:05 pm

We are now entering the Libertarian vortex.

I'm out.

Postby **willeyeam** » Mon Jan 30, 2023 8:07 pm

This new employee rights angle from shyster is fun

Postby **Gaucho** » Mon Jan 30, 2023 8:15 pm

Postby **count2infinity** » Mon Jan 30, 2023 8:17 pm

Why?

I don't believe it's appropriate to compel another person to express support for a cause, unless they have voluntarily agreed to do so. The right to free speech includes the right not to speak.

They can just find a team or league that doesn’t do such events, yes?

Postby **Shyster** » Mon Jan 30, 2023 10:32 pm

They can just find a team or league that doesn’t do such events, yes?

They could, yes. Employers are free to impose conditions, and employees can choose to reject them or accept them. I'm not saying that employers lack the ability. I'm saying it's a dick move.

For example, employers are within their rights to demand 100% in-person work and rescind any leeway granted in the last couple years for employees to work from home. That would be within an employer's rights. But I do believe that many of the posters here would call that a dick move.

Postby **Troy Loney** » Mon Jan 30, 2023 10:47 pm

I don’t understand, no one compelled anyone to do anything.

This story was that a player opted out of the demonstration.

It’s funny how if maybe you strip out enough actuality and squint really, really hard you can see some principal at stake. As opposed to just some guy being a dick.

Postby **Beveridge** » Mon Jan 30, 2023 10:47 pm

They can just find a team or league that doesn’t do such events, yes?

They could, yes. Employers are free to impose conditions, and employees can choose to reject them or accept them. I'm not saying that employers lack the ability. I'm saying it's a dick move.

For example, employers are within their rights to demand 100% in-person work and rescind any leeway granted in the last couple years for employees to work from home. That would be within an employer's rights. But I do believe that many of the posters here would call that a dick move.

My favorite part about this post is I'm 90% sure Shyster would consider it a dick move, but he words it just right to poke the bear and doesn't give his view point. I applaud it.

Postby **count2infinity** » Tue Jan 31, 2023 5:58 am

So it’s not really a freedom of speech thing, since no one’s rights were infringed, it’s a… I hate special uniforms thing?

Weird take, but okay.

Postby **Troy Loney** » Tue Jan 31, 2023 6:16 am

So it’s not really a freedom of speech thing, since no one’s rights were infringed, it’s a… I hate special uniforms thing?

Weird take, but okay.

No one was compelled to do anything, you may argue that some players “felt” compelled because they didn’t want to be criticized for refusing. So, now we’re just talking about freaking conformity.

Honestly, it took me a while to understand why people would say things like “conservatism is the new punk”. I just think it’s wildly hilarious that the conservative world found their inner subversive in response to society accepting homosexuality and diversity.

Postby **MR25** » Tue Jan 31, 2023 12:30 pm

Your leading 2024 R candidate, everyone

Postby **blackjack68** » Tue Jan 31, 2023 12:32 pm

Can’t have them there Floridians gettin’ two edumacated!

Postby **Troy Loney** » Tue Jan 31, 2023 12:45 pm

The republican mecca

Postby **Morkle** » Tue Jan 31, 2023 12:53 pm

I don't know what you guys are talking about. The real issue is jersey wearing.