October 06, 2005

Bush Hater Redefines Hypocrisy

A woman wasn’t allowed to board a Southwest Airlines flight in Reno, Nevada because of an anti-Bush t-shirt she was wearing that displayed pictures of the President and Vice-President of the United States with a caption that had similarities to the movie title “Meet the Fockers�. It’s airline policy not to let passengers on-board with offensive clothing and Southwest officials said that other passengers complained about the t-shirt. What did Lorrie Heasley the wearer of the t-shirt say, “I didn't feel that I should have to change my shirt, because we live in the United States, and it's freedom of speech and it was based on the movie 'The Fockers,' and I didn't think it should have offended anyone.�

But it did offend people and she was unwilling to change the shirt so that she wouldn’t offend people and so that Lorrie Heasley could board the flight. Which I find absolutely hilarious because if I were wearing the exact same shirt but instead it pictured Senators Kennedy, Schumer, and Kerry I’m sure she would have been offended and would have demanded I not board the plane.

Of course the ACLU is in on a lawsuit Lorrie Heasley is filing because it is supposedly protected under free speech. However, private property is private property; I can’t go barefoot into restaurants so why should this lady be allowed to have a t-shirt with the F-bomb depicted on it? I can’t pack a firearm in my luggage if the pilot of the aircraft I’m traveling on doesn’t want a firearm in his or her cargo bay. The pilot could have just as easily asked her to change her shirt if he didn’t want it on-board. Why? Because if the shirt might cause a confrontation then it certainly doesn’t need to be worn on an aircraft.

The hypocrisy of those that hate the President and his administration has reached new levels today. If one atheist is offended then the ACLU is there for them; if one rabid liberal offends other people then the ACLU is there for them as well.

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