Blasio using his power to silence to Chick-Fil-A?

[Lumberjack]

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and other city officials are urging New Yorkers not to eat at Chick fil-A.

The popular chicken restaurant is planning to open up a new location in Queens, its fourth to open in New York City.

But the liberal mayor argued that the owners of Chick fil-A support groups that promote "hate" against gays.

http://insider.foxnews.com/2016/05/05/dont-go-chick-fil-mayor-de-blasio-tells-new-yorkers

 

[SmarterthanYou]

chik fil a should sue the mayor and the city for violating the 1st Amendment.

 

[Celticguy]

Should boost sales for them

 

[anatta]

what an arse....De Blasio is loathsome in so many ways..now he's the PC mayor micro-manager..

Here's an idea..fix the potholes -do what you were elected to do..

 

[PostmodernProphet]

liberals should all eat at DeBlasio's house.....

 

[Airstrip One]

All I saw on Fox was Comrade de Blasio had called for a boycott. He's perfectly at liberty to do that. If he intends to misuse his office, then that's a problem. I wonder if the restaurant will start operating on CP Time to appease him?

 

[SmarterthanYou]

All I saw on Fox was Comrade de Blasio had called for a boycott. He's perfectly at liberty to do that. If he intends to misuse his office, then that's a problem. I wonder if the restaurant will start operating on CP Time to appease him?

you don't see an issue with an elected official calling for boycotts of companies based upon his own personal preferences?

 

[SmarterthanYou]

He's the mayor of everybody, not just homophobes.

exactly, which means he shouldn't be recommending or endorsing anything based upon a person or business' viewpoints. You would be upside down if an elected official endorsed boycotts of anything that supported abortion or illegal immigration.

 

[Lumberjack]

He's the mayor of everybody, not just homophobes.

What if he called for a boycott of a pro gay fast food joint?

I bet pennies to the dollar you would be howling with rage.

Tell me I'm wrong.

 

[SmarterthanYou]

What if he called for a boycott of a pro gay fast food joint?

I bet pennies to the dollar you would be howling with rage.

Tell me I'm wrong.

damn right she would, it'd be all about discrimination then

 

[Lumberjack]

damn right she would, it'd be all about discrimination then

Yep. Calls for boycotting liberals like the Dixie Chicks are bad and against free speech. But calls by a Mayor, a public official, head of the police department, operating under the color of law and using his bully pulpit, to boycott a business who apparently believes differently than they do, is great.

How come there is no option to thank your post?

 

[Phantasmal]

Yep. Calls for boycotting liberals like the Dixie Chicks are bad and against free speech. But calls by a Mayor, a public official, head of the police department, operating under the color of law and using his bully pulpit, to boycott a business who apparently believes differently than they do, is great.

How come there is no option to thank your post?

He opted out.

 

[SmarterthanYou]

How come there is no option to thank your post?

it became a tool of harassment by some, so I opted out.

 

[Lumberjack]

Alright, cool.

 

[Darth Omar]

damn right she would, it'd be all about discrimination then

There's that and stack SCOTUS with one more liberal then DeBlasio could get away with it.

 

[FUCK THE POLICE]

you don't see an issue with an elected official calling for boycotts of companies based upon his own personal preferences?

If he's not using the power of his office to enforce the boycott, sure.