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Despite History of Silencing Conservatives, Joy Reid Suggests NFL Kneel Rule Violates 1st Amendment
FinkelBlog ^ | Mark Finkelstein

Posted on 05/26/2018 8:58:09 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest

If there is one person on TV who should have the good grace not to raise the issue of the right of a private-sector entity to control speech within its domain, it’s Joy Reid.

As the host of an MSNBC show, Reid has a notorious history of shutting down, correcting, reprimanding and even defenestrating conservatives who say things she doesn’t like. For example, when a Republican referred to the “Democrat party,” Reid reprimanded him:“on this show, we say Democratic,” warning him that “we’re going to have to sit down. We’re going to have a talking-to.” Reid similarly shut down another conservative who had the audacity to speak of “illegals.” Other examples of Reid stifling conservative speech abound, as here, here and here.

So it would be the height of hypocrisy for Reid to suggest that the NFL might be running afoul of the First Amendment with its new rule that could result in fines for teams whose players kneel during the Anthem. But that didn’t deter Reid this morning, who said:

“The First Amendment argument is complicated because it’s not the government that’s preventing speech, it’s these private organizations, which also happen to get a lot of money from the Department of Defense.”

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: belongsinchat; blogpimp; firstamendment; joyreid; militaryadvertising; nfl; notnews
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1 posted on 05/26/2018 8:58:10 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
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To: miss marmelstein; patro; abb; SE Mom; HarleyLady27; connyankee; Behind Liberal Lines; ...

Joy Reid has a notorious history of shutting down conservatives on her show who say things she doesn’t like. But that didn’t stop her from suggesting that the NFL might be violating the 1st Amendment with its kneel rule.

Ping to Liberal Media Criticism list.


2 posted on 05/26/2018 8:59:44 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

I don’t think you have much of a first amendment right at work. I can’t wear a MAGA shirt to work.


3 posted on 05/26/2018 9:01:31 AM PDT by rey
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

When you are an employee, usually the boss gets to call the shots. If the over payed assclowns don’t like it, I double dog dare them to go on strike. It sure won’t affect me at all. They gone. Too little too late.


4 posted on 05/26/2018 9:06:55 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

WTF is a joy reid, and what makes it think its opinion trumps the Constitution and the sometimes rational Supreme Court??


5 posted on 05/26/2018 9:07:44 AM PDT by publius911
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

She doesn’t understand that the 1st Amendment is a restriction on government and not businesses. Businesses determine what they feel will affect their bottom line and act accordingly.


6 posted on 05/26/2018 9:11:54 AM PDT by Starstruck (I'm usually sarcastic. Deal with it.)
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To: publius911

Because she’s liberal, and on MSNBC, she feels her statements trump the Constitution. That’s how the leftist mind works.


7 posted on 05/26/2018 9:12:08 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

on this show, we say Democratic


My response would have been the Democrat Party wasnt very democratic in the last primary season, was it?

With a big smile.


8 posted on 05/26/2018 9:14:23 AM PDT by joshua c (To disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Moron, they’re employees in the workplace and their employers putting reasonable restrictions on unpatriotic assholes is perfectly constitutional. Have their employers put any restrictions on their speech or threatened them with repercussions for exercising their right to speech in a non work forum?


9 posted on 05/26/2018 9:16:37 AM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Kneel all you want. I’m watching college football this year.


10 posted on 05/26/2018 9:19:23 AM PDT by From The Deer Stand
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To: rey

I very much doubt that you could wear a Che Guevara t-shirt and quote the Communist Manifesto while manning the counter at McDonalds.


11 posted on 05/26/2018 9:24:14 AM PDT by fhayek
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

She is an object lesson for all. Congenital liars begin by lying to themselves. Then, lying to the world is easy and carefree.


12 posted on 05/26/2018 9:26:01 AM PDT by savedbygrace
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To: fhayek

Unless there’s a franchise in Havana we don’t know about! ;-)


13 posted on 05/26/2018 9:31:34 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
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To: Starstruck

Judging from the responses in this thread, neither do most FRpers.


14 posted on 05/26/2018 9:33:45 AM PDT by skimbell
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

After all of her anti-gay remarks, she is still on MSNBC? Hmmm....


15 posted on 05/26/2018 9:35:00 AM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: Starstruck

Precisely! I’ve had to explain this point to numerous leftists.


16 posted on 05/26/2018 9:36:07 AM PDT by Freestate316 (Know what you believe and why you believe it.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

To the Libs, free speech is what they say it is — or isn’t.


17 posted on 05/26/2018 9:50:59 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

At this point, we don’t give a krap about nfl. We will never patronize them again until they fire the insulting commie basturd players and hire decent Americans


18 posted on 05/26/2018 10:06:16 AM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicans aren't born, they're excreted." -Marcus Tillius Cicero (3 BCE))
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Left wingers have ZERO ROOM to talk about the First Amendment, Bill of Rights, anything in the Constitution


19 posted on 05/26/2018 10:07:24 AM PDT by A_Former_Democrat (Ban athiests, not guns)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

These idiots need to study up on the 1st amendment. The NFL is an employer and THEY have the right to make this rule. Sure, the players have a right to protest. But their employer has he right to take action against them if their protest breaks a rule. The 1st amendment does NOT guarantee freedom from consequences.


20 posted on 05/26/2018 10:09:09 AM PDT by al_c (https://conventionofstates.com)
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