Well it hardly seems the liberal was defending Rocker, but if that was his intent he did a lousy job of it.
Well, I'm not forgiving him because I don't care what this dumb hick thinks in the first place. What does concern me here is the precedent being set: that professional employees do not have a right to voice their own opinions on matters that have nothing to do with how they perform their jobs. What if a Texas Ranger pitcher had announced that he thought George W. Bush was too goofy ever to be president? Should be taken off the mound?
There is a glaring fallacy here, and anyone calling himself a conservative ought to refer to his heritage of rational thought to find it, than rely upon the modernist's tendency toward illogic to justify lunacy.
I see conservatives, like liberals, apparently cannot think in essentials, overlooking form for substance. This is quite a travesty. You see, aside from the fallacy alluded to above, the illogic of this so called "defense" is the same as that used to defend your perjurious President, except that instead of allowing the president to lie to our courts without threat of losing his job, it allows all Americans to transgress common decency without threat of losing their jobs-- so long as they "do their jobs." It will not require the most perceptive individual to see the comprehensive absurdity of this "defense" and to descry that this is why the liberal has submitted it on Rocker's behalf. Rocker supporters who celebrate here have little cause for celebration. They have been duped, and by a non-thinking liberal no less.
Free speech does not give anyone the right to keep his job while in the wake of his acting like scum, and conservatives of all people ought to know this. An employee reflects the character of his employers, much as a president reflects the character of his. When an employee is in position to serve as a role model for millions, having power to garner worldwide attention, this is especially true. Leaders who desire to maintain a certain public persona act completely within the bounds of reason when they eliminate subordinates who publicly challenge their agenda, especially when those subordinates blatantly transgress common decency-- willfully insulting clients and prospects. Had Rocker been under my employ, I likely would have nailed him to the wall, just as I would have nailed Bill Clinton. These two men are fortunate indeed to have morons for bosses. |
