Anthony Cumia fired from SirusXM for racist rant.
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I don't know if he dropped the n word, but i saw "animal", "savage", etc.
Racism aside, he went on a Twitter rampage and came off as a giant douche (we're "lucky" he didn't use his gun... Fuck off). Sirius doesn't want that associated with their brand
Thats why they pay Howard Stern such a small salary.....
Thats why they pay Howard Stern such a small salary.....
Did you read his entire rant? Its hardly the same thing. I completely understand why Sirius did it.
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actually, & I hope this isn't doubled since the phone is acting up, I really hope it backfires on Sirius XM. The reason being is it they've raked in plenty of money hiring guys like Howard Stern, dr. Laura, Don Imus who have been ostracized from regular Airwaves because they were offending the hypersensitive left. Now their feelings are hurt? Please. Also if you think it goes both ways could you give me a list of conservative groups who have been offended and the offenders have been punished?
I wouldn't bet against this being a publicity stunt anyway...
WSS
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Well, I don't have a back log of material ready to go against any politic group (unlike some on here). I also don't have a "favorites bar" of sites ready to help (again, unlike some).
I would start my google search with something along the lines of "War on Christmas" and go from there.
I'm not sure why that matters though or why people here want to make this left vs right. What's the point? To show that the conservatives take offense to less things? That's probably based on the demo. But again, that's not the point.
The guy said stupid shit and now he's fired. The majority of the uproar may have been from liberals, so what? I don't think it is out of line at all here.
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Sounds like you just blew smoke into your own beak, woodpecker.
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old horse shit. If I were taking your picture on the street and you flew into a rage started screaming came over and clocked me for it and I called you a fucking savage a fucking animal... Come on.
I figure if you don't want to be a called a savage or an animal act like a human being. Problem solved.
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Right, and I agree. That bitch is definitely at fault too. She attacked him. But, she doesn't have a public radio show. If she did, she'd be facing repercussions as well.
Again, the entirety of the twitter posts came off as a little bit racist to me. Either way, it is certain that he came off as a douchebag and a jackass. Which are also things Sirius wouldn't want to be associated with.
She attacked him. But, she doesn't have a public radio show.
It's not public, it's a subscription service.
People like you are part of the apology culture, it's weak minded and hypocritical.
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She attacked him. But, she doesn't have a public radio show.
It's not public, it's a subscription service.
People like you are part of the apology culture, it's weak minded and hypocritical.
It's not public, it's a subscription service.
People like you are part of the apology culture, it's weak minded and hypocritical.
Whatever, he has an audience and represents Sirius. If she had the same, she'd be disciplined as well.
"Apology culture?" I'm sorry
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Cumia got fired because Sirius was pressured.
It's amusing how you keep avoiding the central issue. Set aside your babble about Sirius' interests or Cumias character for a moment.
What is your opinion of todays overzealous leftwingnut PC police? Your silence could only mean that you approve of it.
I'm sorry I don't see a liberal conspiracy every I look. I'm sorry I don't equate everything bad to the leftist, Nazi communists and Obama
Yes, there is a group that gets offended easily in America and is looking for things to be offended about. No, they aren't just liberals. Yes, of course Sirius was pressured. I don't think the pressure was unwarranted. Again, they have every right to protect their brand.
I'm sorry I don't see a liberal conspiracy every I look. I'm sorry I don't equate everything bad to the leftist, Nazi communists and Obama
Yes, there is a group that gets offended easily in America and is looking for things to be offended about. No, they aren't just liberals.
That's why I asked you if there are any conservative groups that received help in the form of punishing liberal offenders.
I'd say that list would be hard to find. Even in a war on Christ search.
WSS
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I think part of the problem as well is people thinking freedom of speech means you're free to be a complete asshole without any repercussions.
If I come up to you in the street and call you a cunt, I'm expressing my freedom of speech. You punching me in the mouth is the repercussions. If I stand outside your house and tell you you should go home, that immigrants are ruining the country (go far enough back we're all immigrants somehow), people will call that freedom of speech. But really it's me being an ignorant douche.
So yes, he can say what he wants - but he shouldn't be surprised if people take offence and his employer doesn't take too kindly to it.
I'd never heard of the guy before this, but I understand he hosts a show with Oprah? Guessing that wouldn't go down too well with her either.
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So I need to find a conservative group that was offended by something some other groups didn't find offensive?
Again I would just start with Christianity.
But again, I'm not sure why this has to be a left vs right thing. I don't care that more of the offended were liberals and more of the supporters are conservatives (I'm assuming. If anything thus says something about the two groups). The guy said dumb shit and was fired. Don't go on twitter tirades.
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So I need to find a conservative group that was offended by something some other groups didn't find offensive?
Again I would just start with Christianity.
But again, I'm not sure why this has to be a left vs right thing. I don't care that more of the offended were liberals and more of the supporters are conservatives (I'm assuming. If anything thus says something about the two groups). The guy said dumb shit and was fired. Don't go on twitter tirades.
So I need to find a conservative group that was offended by something some other groups didn't find offensive?
Again I would just start with Christianity.
You don't have to find anything if you don't want to. You just made a claim I thought you might have known why you made it.
WSS
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So I need to find a conservative group that was offended by something some other groups didn't find offensive?
Again I would just start with Christianity.
You don't have to find anything if you don't want to. You just made a claim I thought you might have known why you made it.
WSS
You don't have to find anything if you don't want to. You just made a claim I thought you might have known why you made it.
WSS
I'll find one when I get home. I ask for evidence with other posters' claims so I'll try to do the same (though evidence is hard for some to find it seems)
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I think part of the problem as well is people thinking freedom of speech means you're free to be a complete asshole without any repercussions.
If I come up to you in the street and call you a cunt, I'm expressing my freedom of speech. You punching me in the mouth is the repercussions. If I stand outside your house and tell you you should go home, that immigrants are ruining the country (go far enough back we're all immigrants somehow), people will call that freedom of speech. But really it's me being an ignorant douche.
So yes, he can say what he wants - but he shouldn't be surprised if people take offence and his employer doesn't take too kindly to it.
I'd never heard of the guy before this, but I understand he hosts a show with Oprah? Guessing that wouldn't go down too well with her either.
I think part of the problem as well is people thinking freedom of speech means you're free to be a complete asshole without any repercussions.
If I come up to you in the street and call you a cunt, I'm expressing my freedom of speech. You punching me in the mouth is the repercussions. If I stand outside your house and tell you you should go home, that immigrants are ruining the country (go far enough back we're all immigrants somehow), people will call that freedom of speech. But really it's me being an ignorant douche.
So yes, he can say what he wants - but he shouldn't be surprised if people take offence and his employer doesn't take too kindly to it.
I'd never heard of the guy before this, but I understand he hosts a show with Oprah? Guessing that wouldn't go down too well with her either.
We don't live in faggoty fucking PC England where mocking Islam can get you fired or put in jail.
This is the US where you can say whatever the fuck you want and our rights are supposed to be protected by the government. Not taken away.
The guy was a shock jock and has said 1000000X times things worse than that and everyone for the most part wants him back on air.
Anyone who knows the man knows how he was saying it god damn it.
People are pissed because most Liberals in entertainment have said something similar.
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You don't have to find anything if you don't want to. You just made a claim I thought you might have known why you made it.
WSS
I'll find one when I get home. I ask for evidence with other posters' claims so I'll try to do the same (though evidence is hard for some to find it seems)
I'll find one when I get home. I ask for evidence with other posters' claims so I'll try to do the same (though evidence is hard for some to find it seems)
Yes not everything is on the internet and if it is it might not be easy to find.
It does seem like most people being punished for offensive language are ones making fun of the certain few minorities.
WSS
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I'll find one when I get home. I ask for evidence with other posters' claims so I'll try to do the same (though evidence is hard for some to find it seems)
Yes not everything is on the internet and if it is it might not be easy to find.
It does seem like most people being punished for offensive language are ones making fun of the certain few minorities.
WSS
Yes not everything is on the internet and if it is it might not be easy to find.
It does seem like most people being punished for offensive language are ones making fun of the certain few minorities.
WSS
No, I meant that a lot of posters on here have a tough time sometimes when it comes to finding evidence for whatever they just said when they are asked.
As for conservatives getting mad, it seems like Stewy, Walter and co posted some things they were mad about and liberals weren't. Maybe those would work?
But, like I was picturing before: War On Christmas
http://www.theblaze.com/news/war-on-christmas/
http://nation.foxnews.com/2013/12/25/war-christmas
Here is the American Family Association getting mad about the Harvey Milk stamp, http://news.yahoo.com/american-family-association-rejected-harvey-milk-stamp-donation-175700629.html , though I'm probably getting into different territory now
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Actually what I was looking for is examples were conservatives where offended and liberals punished for it.
It's not all that hard to find examples of conservatives being pissed off about something.
WSS
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Oh, "and punished for it". Hmmm...
Well would you consider any advancement of Christian power or defeats to gay rights as being "punished"?
Or do you want a liberal public figure that said something conservatives didn't like, and then that public figure's company "punished" them for it?
I can't really think of any for the second. I'd have to look around. Like I mentioned earlier, I don't really keep bookmarks on my browser for that sort if stuff. It seems though, that conservatives are generally on the wrong side of society's advancing moral compass (whether or not you agree with where that's going). It would make sense they get hit for it more because there are probably more saying things others would consider "old fashioned" (to put it lightly). I mean, by definition that's what "conserve" could mean.
I'll look around a little after work. Maybe I'll find something
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I think part of the problem as well is people thinking freedom of speech means you're free to be a complete asshole without any repercussions.
If I come up to you in the street and call you a cunt, I'm expressing my freedom of speech. You punching me in the mouth is the repercussions. If I stand outside your house and tell you you should go home, that immigrants are ruining the country (go far enough back we're all immigrants somehow), people will call that freedom of speech. But really it's me being an ignorant douche.
So yes, he can say what he wants - but he shouldn't be surprised if people take offence and his employer doesn't take too kindly to it.
I'd never heard of the guy before this, but I understand he hosts a show with Oprah? Guessing that wouldn't go down too well with her either.
I think part of the problem as well is people thinking freedom of speech means you're free to be a complete asshole without any repercussions.
If I come up to you in the street and call you a cunt, I'm expressing my freedom of speech. You punching me in the mouth is the repercussions.
Part 1 is that it should be. If you're going to be free. If we are not, at least that rule should apply to both sides don't you think?
Part 2 no that's certainly not an acceptable repercussion. I don't think you would advocate physical violence against anyone offends you correct?
Cmon, let's say you take your kids to a restaurant and a gay couples holding hands. You are offended. Do you have a right to go attack them?
WSS
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I think part of the problem as well is people thinking freedom of speech means you're free to be a complete asshole without any repercussions.
If I come up to you in the street and call you a cunt, I'm expressing my freedom of speech. You punching me in the mouth is the repercussions.
Part 1 is that it should be. If you're going to be free. If we are not, at least that rule should apply to both sides don't you think?
Part 2 no that's certainly not an acceptable repercussion. I don't think you would advocate physical violence against anyone offends you correct?
Cmon, let's say you take your kids to a restaurant and a gay couples holding hands. You are offended. Do you have a right to go attack them?
WSS
Part 1 is that it should be. If you're going to be free. If we are not, at least that rule should apply to both sides don't you think?
Part 2 no that's certainly not an acceptable repercussion. I don't think you would advocate physical violence against anyone offends you correct?
Cmon, let's say you take your kids to a restaurant and a gay couples holding hands. You are offended. Do you have a right to go attack them?
WSS
Yeah I was being a little flippant. But seriously, you think it's perfectly ok for a guy to walk around Harlem in a sandwich board saying 'all niggers are cunts' or something, and then be protected when people attack him? Of course, the people attacking shouldn't be free from reprimand either.
No, you don't have the right to attack a gay couple. Not even close to being the same thing here. The gay couple are just people in love going about their business in a normal way. Not going on twitter rants about how straight people are the devil or whatever.
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Not even close to being the same thing here. The gay couple are just people in love going about their business in a perverted, abnornal way.
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fixed. This liberal/progressive emotional moral relativism reeks of bs.
Anything status quo and accepted, normal human being activity is broken away from, with the "glorious" battle being
the "fringe is mainstream and okay".
For whatever reason, they live for the emotional high of getting attention, and
fighting the nonsense fights to prove the sick fringe is "mainstream". Just weird. Never ends with them, either.
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Not even close to being the same thing here. The gay couple are just people in love going about their business in a perverted, abnornal way.
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fixed. This liberal/progressive emotional moral relativism reeks of bs.
Anything status quo and accepted, normal human being activity is broken away from, with the "glorious" battle being
the "fringe is mainstream and okay".
For whatever reason, they live for the emotional high of getting attention, and
fighting the nonsense fights to prove the sick fringe is "mainstream". Just weird. Never ends with them, either.
Not even close to being the same thing here. The gay couple are just people in love going about their business in a perverted, abnornal way.
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fixed. This liberal/progressive emotional moral relativism reeks of bs.
Anything status quo and accepted, normal human being activity is broken away from, with the "glorious" battle being
the "fringe is mainstream and okay".
For whatever reason, they live for the emotional high of getting attention, and
fighting the nonsense fights to prove the sick fringe is "mainstream". Just weird. Never ends with them, either.
'Abnornal'? Nah, not so fixed. The amount of time you pick woody up for his spelling/grammar mistakes, yours had better damn well be perfect, and it really isn't.
edit: had the wrong thread, thought we were on the gay bakery business
What exactly is the problem you have here Cal? Not saying you don't have a point, just not sure whether you're referring to my post, someone else's or the OP.
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