Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!umich!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!psuvax1!psuvm!auvm!UBVMSC!DENLAT From: DENLAT@UBVMSC.CC.BUFFALO.EDU Newsgroups: bit.listserv.gaynet Subject: Re: Andy Rooney Message-ID: Date: 12 Feb 90 18:11:00 GMT Sender: Gaynet Distribution List Reply-To: gaynet@ATHENA.MIT.EDU Lines: 9 Approved: NETNEWS@AUVM Gateway X-Organization: University at Buffalo X-Envelope-To: gaynet@athena.mit.EDU X-Vms-To: in%"gaynet@athena.mit.edu" X-To: gaynet@ATHENA.MIT.EDU Since when is racism illegal in this country? Is the Ku Klux Klan an illegal organization? How much do we want to restrict freedom of speech. As abhorrent as I find Rooney's racist and anti-gay remarks, I don't believe that when he was speaking he was intending to speak for CBS, but rather for himself. As such I think he should be censured, but not censored, if I have the difference right (?) What I mean, is there should be a public outcry, but people shouldn't lose their jobs because of their private views unless they obviously screw with job performance. Yes, our speech is restricted, hidden away, but restricting others will only hurt us in the long run.