(May 1, 2014 at 2:49 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: You want a world of thought police. The fact is that his private beliefs did not noticeably have any effect on his public actions. The NAACP was prepared to offer him an award before all this.
We live in a different world then just a couple years ago. Privacy is gone...for everyone. As a society, we need to reflect more about how much latitude we give people in the privacy of their own minds.
Society is not to blame for his loss of privacy. He did that himself by speaking his secrets to another person and misjudging her ability to refrain from re-telling the same secret she got from him.
Should you be exempt from any consequences for information gotten from you in an inappropriate manner? You already are under the law, but that doesn't extend to the court of public opinion. And that is the basis for the NBA's ruling.
Whether or not we would like to live in a world where you can say anything you like to anyone you care to without concern, we don't. People will judge you by your words and your privacy is only as good as your ability to judge who to confide in.
