More thoughts on the racist sci-fi writer.

The more the cheese thinks about it, the more he realizes that the whole "I hate black people" stuff isn't actually what bothers him. It's speech, and regardless of its contents, speech is free. In fact, the cheese has long advocated the creation a federally funded Television network called BBS, the Bigot Broadcasting System. Basically, the BBS is only allowed to broadcast bigoted themed shows of all kinds, racist, homophobic, misogynist, etc. The point is that, with so much air time, it will become absolutely clear how hugely ridiculous every kind of hate monger truly is.

But back to the matter at hand, this Ken Eng. As the cheese said, the actual hate speech doesn't bother him. In fact, it appears that the said "I hate black people" article was actually an editorial, which is supposed to be(in some grand, theoretical universe) a singular person's opinion. Not the opinion of a paper, or it's staff, janitors, what have you. And the paper in question openly decided to run a piece it clearly knew would cause an uproar, then went on to fire the writer once the backlash got too big. Hey, Asian Week, grow some balls and stick behind your racist or don't run his crap in the first place. In some ways, you gotta respect the KKK cause they always say what they believe, no matter how fucking stupid those beliefs may be.

And that, the cheese thinks, is the real problem. Speech isn't really free in this country. If the cheese threatened the president, for instance, he could be jailed. But even more disheartening is the fact that only the oddballs on the fringes of society can really say what they want anymore because they know they’re pissing people off anyway. The rest of us have watch what we say, tone down our words, water down our thoughts, so that we stay in the boundaries that keep us all “content” and “happy.”

Say what you will, but it’s the first slow plodding step on the road to fascism. So to combat this the cheese suggests all loyal citizens of cheeselandia post in the comments something you truly believe. If your belief happens to offend someone, so be it. We’re all adults here, the cheese thinks we can all take it. The cheese will start...

There isn't a single elected official in Washington (or Sacramento, or any state capital for that matter) that actually cares about you, the voter. They might claim high minded ideals, but every single one of them (liberal, conservative, "independent") are addicted to wielding power and influence, money, and status. They do what they do for personal reasons and would shit on your face if it were part of the gig.