>>>>>www.yahoo.com/celebrity/news/bruce-springsteen-cancels-north-carolina-concert-over-anti-195315662.html
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>>>>>I bet there will be lots of emails and phone calls to the North Carolina lawmakers as a result of this. Hopefully it will do some good.
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>>>>Just thinking outside the box here - a day without listening to Springsteen music actually seems like a step in the right direction to me :)
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>>>>>I feel that this is a time for me and the band to show solidarity for those freedom fighters.
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>>>Freedom fighters???
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>>>Among the many turnoffs of rock music for me- besides the shouting called singing- were the nonsensical lyrics which no one could understand as they were screamed.
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>>>We can see how far our culture has been dumbed down by this ranting when one of its icons calls people who want to pee with other people "freedom fighters" and no one says "are you out of your mind?"
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>>Are you aware that the same law also eliminates the right of individuals to bring lawsuits for any kind of discrimination that's covered in NC law? That is, if you think you were fired because of your age, or denied an apartment because of your race or religion, under this law, you can no longer file a civil suit.
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>>Tamar
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>I wasn't aware of that, but AFAIK there are federal laws that would trump that local law.
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>Again, "freedom fighters?"
>That's an insult to people who died or were severely beaten while protesting real injustices during the civil rights protests of the sixties.

I didn't use the term "freedom fighters" anywhere. However, I consider the folks who voted for this bill and the governor who signed it to be bigots, who should be turned out of office.

Also worth noting that this law is likely to cost the state billions in federal aid because it requires schools to do things that violate Title IX.

Tamar