TechNoFear said:
Gyrick said:
tl;dr version: Courts give leeway to news organizations under the 1st amendment and the right to privacy. The more private a mater, and the less directly relevant to politics, the less newsworthy."
So you and your lawyer think that it is not in any way newsworthy that a man who made millions from his reputation as an 'American Hero' is a racist who cheats on his wife?
I personally find adultery abhorrent and racism to be vile, but at it's core, that's not what the situation is about, not rhetorically anyway. There are laws in place to what people can do in public, but in the private sphere, people are allowed to think, say, and do what they please (as long as it doesn't break the law). While the situation itself isn't clear (whether it was actually adultery or some sort of open relationship thing), what happened on the tape, even if it was just a section of it, was private. I hate the idea of someone cheating, whether on or with someone, and I abhor bigotry with every fiber of my being, but I'm also not going to tell people how they should think or what they should say when they are "behind closed doors." If Hulk Hogan had tweeted out his remarks, yelled them to an someone in an audience, or even left a message in someone's voicemail, I would be taking a very different stance.
If I did, that would make me either the "morality police" or (even worse) "thought police." I think encouraging people to spy on others to monitor what they are doing and thinking, as long as everything is legal, sets a worse precedent, sort of like a "big brother" state. The sort of power where one has complete control over what people are allowed to do and think sounds like brainwashing [http://www.dictionary.com/browse/brainwashing?s=t], or, "a method for systematically changing attitudes or altering beliefs, originated in totalitarian countries, especially through the use of torture, drugs, or psychological-stress techniques," (dictionary.com).
I can't think of anything more psychologically stressful than having to be on guard, even in your own home, about what you say or think or else be arrested or publicly humiliated.