Free Speech, Censorship, Beer, Oh My... (1 Viewer)

[OrtonToOlsen]

It's easy to see why she was a journalism school dropout.   She doesn't write well and can't build a coherent argument.  Was she trying to correct him about the scope of the first amendment, or was she trying to express her offense at the name?   Flying Dog leaving the organization is a perfectly acceptable response to standards with which they disagreed.   The BA is clearly engaging in censorship, although that's their choice.   If Flying Dog's sales suffered because of the name, I'm sure they'd change it.  To the contrary, their names get attention, but if the beer sucked people wouldn't buy it twice.  The real issue is that she's offended by them monetizing sexism, which is her right.   If you don't like the name, don't buy the product.   

Seems similar to Alabama banning a wine label based on arbitrary standards, only in this instance there's less of an issue since it's a private organization.  Some people go out of their way to be offended.  

This is just simply wrong in several ways.  The BA doesn't award their name, but the product.   BA won't let them participate if they don't change their name.   The use of sexism as a marketing tool is not a "misleading intepretation of the First Amendment"; it's just in the case of the BA, it's irrelevant.  

Yeah, her point (if she really had one) was buried under a bunch of rambling.

 

[Ditkaless Wonders]

Is this how you talk in real life?  Cause that would be cool.

It depends upon the audience I am addressing, but yes, sometimes.

 

[OrtonToOlsen]

I was talking to my wife about this. She reminded me that there is a ##### wine http://www.gopherwine.com/images/The#####2005.jpg

and Ménage a Trois  http://www.totalwine.com/media/sys_master/twmmedia/ha1/hdf/9418351804446.png

When did beer people become stuffier than wine people?