(December 6, 2014 at 1:19 pm)whateverist Wrote:(December 6, 2014 at 12:42 pm)Heywood Wrote: Look, you are dealing with a diverse public and everyone....including public officials, have a right to imply what it means to be a proper american.
Let me get this straight. Are you saying that implying or coming right out and saying what it means to be a proper american is a reasonable -perhaps even important- thing for serious people to be doing? Or, are you simply saying everyone gets to say all the shit they want because of free speech?
And atheists are a "fringe group"? Nice. "Minority group" wouldn't quite convey all that you had in mind then? I agree with the OP that what you believe is your business. What good is free speech if you don't get to be offensive? Bigots gonna be bigots.
Here is a news flash for you. I sucks to be a fringe group. Atheists are a fringe group. They probably will not always be a fringe group, but they are right now. Get some sack and deal with it instead of whining about it.
Public officials cater to the majority group. The tailor their messages for broadest possible appeal. That is the nature of politics...and allowing yourself to get butthurt over it is silly.
