She exercised her right of free speech, and was held accountable for what she said. The Constitution doesn't say there won't be consequenses.Originally Posted by linda allen
Ask Paula Deen how that "free speech" thing works!
She exercised her right of free speech, and was held accountable for what she said. The Constitution doesn't say there won't be consequenses.Ask Paula Deen how that "free speech" thing works!
Being rude isn't illegal and neither is being offensive. I think you'd need to reasonably fear for your safety before any question of legality would enter into it.
I doubt they were breaking the law. And the police would probably not have been inclined to do anything...I have seen them ignore much worse, including a domestic violence call....but keep in mind that a group of four boys will quickly feel compelled to ridicule us...out of their own fear.....if they don't make fun of us, someone might think they are ok with crossdressing...an impossible scenario for a young stud....your options in reacting are limited...CDs have been beaten (probably not often) in such confrontations, and it's hard to fight in heels and a dress....bottom line, we can't control the immature, even cruel behavior of others, but we can control how it affects us....Walking away, and still being comfortable who you are, is I think a victory. The young assholes will never struggle with the dilemmas we do, and would never have the courage to do what we do.
As a native Californian I would like to clarify, yes we have transgender protection laws here, most of us are proud of that fact. But in this case, no laws where broken, even with our laws, we still believe in free speech, which is all that was. The louts stayed on the opposite side of the street, as far as reported, did not swear, threaten or try in any way to harm them, they just where rude. While many would like to make rude illegal, if we did how many of us would wind up behind bars.
Unfortunately, if you are going out, it's something you just have to risk, that's why everyone around here are always preaching to play safe, there are mean people in this world, and if you wear a dress, from time to time your going to meet one.
Magic is the art of changing consciousness at will.
The best policy is to put a whole lot of gone between you and them.
ALWAYS plan for the worst, then you can be pleasantly surprised if something else happens!
"The important thing about the bear is not how well she dances, but that she dances at all." - Old Russian Proverb (with a gender change)
I see San Antonio just passed an anti-discrimination law against the gay and transgendered communities. It was reported that there were 180 other large cities where similar laws were passed within the last few years. Woo Hoo!
Nope, it only says that congress can't regulate it.
They didn't break any laws because sexual harassment is legal.
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