{"id":22666,"date":"2014-05-02T11:41:56","date_gmt":"2014-05-02T15:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=22666"},"modified":"2014-05-02T11:41:56","modified_gmt":"2014-05-02T15:41:56","slug":"let-the-purge-begin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=22666","title":{"rendered":"Let The Purge Begin"},"content":{"rendered":"

Now that Donald Sterling<\/a> has been banned from the NBA<\/a> for life due to racist remarks, it’s time to take a look at other remarks made by owners of NBA teams, right? Unfortunately, yes.<\/p>\n

Breitbart.com<\/a> posted an article yesterday about the slippery slope we are on.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

Sports writer Charles Pierce wondered<\/a> on PBS \u201cwhat does [NBA Commissioner] Adam Silver<\/a> now do, for example, with the DeVos<\/a> family in Orlando, which funds anti-gay candidates and anti-gay issue ads all over the country, as well as owning the Orlando Magic<\/a>? Does he talk to them? This is an entirely new world, and if we\u2019re going to step into it, let\u2019s step all the way into it.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s surely a new world\u2014a Brave New World<\/a><\/em>, and 1984<\/em> and Fahrenheit 451<\/em>, too.<\/strong><\/p>\n

DeVos, the co-founder of Amway, has donated to Focus on the Family<\/a>, the Intercollegiate Studies Institute<\/a>, the Heritage Foundation<\/a>, and other traditionalist groups. He also has generously supported measures aimed at maintaining marriage as a one-man, one-woman institution, calling \u201crespecting marriage\u201d a \u201csacred issue.\u201d This outrages SportsGrid writer Jake O\u2019Donnell<\/a>, who wonders whether holding this opinion\u2014codified into law by the majority of states\u2014should be grounds for disqualification in the NBA\u2019s club of owners. \u201cHey, this isn\u2019t nearly the same thing as Donald Sterling\u2019s recorded hate-rant,\u201d he concedes. \u201cIt is, however, food for thought when discussing the NBA as a place for everyone, vis-a-vis the opinions held by the owners.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

We are entering a world where remarks made to your girlfriend in an argument can cost you your job. We saw with Mozilla that past contributions to a politically incorrect cause can cost you your job. This is not freedom–it is fascism. It will be interesting to see where this goes.<\/p>\n

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