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Edited on Mon Dec-10-07 01:54 PM by CT_Progressive
So, my buddy and I were in the local barber shop. I knew it was going to be rough when we walked in and Rush "Drug Addict" Limpballs was playing on the radio.
My friend sits down for his haircut (I have a shaved head, I was just there with him) and I sit down on a regular chair nearby. Rush is spewing his normal crap, but the volume on the radio is fairly low, so I try to ignore it. The hairdresser (the republican) comes over and she starts talking to my friend about innocuous things - the weather, etc. My friend is there because he is getting married, so they talk about weddings and such. No big deal. Then the conversation starts talking about Christmas.
"OK", I think to myself, "here we go."
She starts talking about how its not "Merry Christmas" anymore, its "Happy Holidays" and how that's a shame, bla bla bla. Well, I don't want to get my friend kicked out before he gets his haircut for his wedding, so I just stayed quiet during this part. I have no problem speaking out against this stuff, but I had to consider my friend's wife-to-be and getting this haircut done.
Then, she brings up the story about the girl who didn't say the Pledge of Alliegence. She says "I mean really, how can you not say the Pledge of Alliegence, thats so un-American."
That was it. I had it.
I said, "How can the First Amendment of the Constitution be un-American?"
She said, "Yeah, exactly..." and then blinked, because she realized she totally misunderstood what I said. I didn't wait for her to catch up.
I said, "Our forefathers died for our Right to free speech, and that girl has every right to say or not say the Pledge of Alliegence if she wants to. There is nothing more American than exercising our First Amendment Rights. We don't have to agree with it, but I'll be damned if I'll allow anyone to tell that girl that she can't express herself the way she chooses to."
The hairdresser went silent. Luckily, the haircut was virtually completed at that point.
As the kids on the street say, "pwned."
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