LogFAQs > #905474157

GrimCyclone posted...

Basically:

If its a conservative, fire them.
Its its a liberal, let it slide.

If he got away with it, then Papa John, who is against racism, shouldnt have to step down for saying the n-word out-of-context in a way to exemplify his condemnation of a racist.

If we give certain people special permission to have more free speech than others, we cannot have the same standard of law for all.

Personally, Im a free-speech radical. I think all speech should be protected. Minus the obvious fire! bomb! Etc

I don't like it in general when people are brought down by these witch hunts. Hell, here's me on another recent example. In this case, a conservative who lost his scholarship:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/3-poll-of-the-day/76826334#10

In the case of Papa John, he said the n-word during a board meeting, not just some casual remark on twitter. And had a long history of causing PR headaches for PJ's pizza. I still remember several years ago when he whined that he'd have to jack up the price of a large pizza 14 whole cents if he were to provide healthcare to his employees. That went over well!
He was also the "face" of the company, featured in many of their commercials. In comparison...I had no idea who the fuck James Gunn was until he got fired and it became news, and I watch tons of Marvel movies.

Maybe John didn't deserve to be fired either, but given his repeated history of pissing off PJ's customers with his statements, his firing is one of the most understandable one of these cases and a poor counter-example.