Posted on 06/02/2023 6:03:58 AM PDT by cuz1961
A different community member, Nathan Blayz, an African-American Air Force veteran, was sitting in the front row at the meeting and responded to the racial slur made by public speaker, Alex Bielecki.
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The difference in responses to these two individuals cannot be excused under cover of free speech.
It is not that the word n___ is offensive in and of itself;
rather the context,
use, and intention make it so. ...
(Excerpt) Read more at krcrtv.com ...
If it is an established rule, then expulsion for disrupting the meeting (justified or not) actually makes sense from a consistency standpoint.
That said, unless the transcript shows otherwise, there appears to be no similar immediate sanctions for racist speech or uncivil behavior by a scheduled (I.e., he signed up to speak) speaker. That may need to change.
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