I don't get into it with OCSM'm because I just don't, but I will say this:
The moral (or analogy) I was making is that America is the one that is bending over - at the expense of what makes America, ya know, things that are American like Disney - but many many other countries do not. Simple enough. BTW, can women in Morocco wear risque swiming suits like my sister and other American girls do? I wonder. I think I am making a relevant point but you can decide.
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My dad and I just had this conversation last night. The United States is ALWAYS viewed as being the most INtolerable country in the world. But, the reality is that the United States is the most
tolerable country in the entire world. Yet, the minute that one isolated incident like this occurs, our country catches shit from crybabies all around the globe - even people from our own country, SIGH.
We have freedom of religion in this country. That means that you, as a United States citizen, are free to practice the religion of your choosing. We don't force you to worship a specific god, nor do we deny you citizenship if you choose to follow your own religious path. It
doesn't mean that you are allowed to do
whatever the fuck you want to as long as you can somehow loosely tie it to your so-called religious beliefs...
especially when you're at work!!!
For the most part, companies and businesses have dress codes. For instance, McDonald's employees are told to wear a specific uniform. If they don't wear that uniform, they can get fired. Why? Because, they're not doing what they were told to do. And, when you're at work (as long as it's not self endangering or illegal), you have to do what you're told. And, if you have a problem with complying with the tasks and requests you are told to do at work,
then find another job.
It's a DRESS CODE for fuck's sake. It's not like Disney is banishing this lady from practicing her religion - not even close. They're just telling her that she has to abide by their corporate dress code (a dress code, mind you, that she legally entered into an agreement to wear when she signed her contract). I mean, if I was hired by Disney and then went out and got a huge tattoo of a bleeding dick fucking a burning swastika on my face, I'd get fired. Not because they necessarily had anything against me, as a person...but because I didn't comply with their dress code.
Yes, it's
that simple, people. This isn't about religion. This isn't about freedom. This isn't about racism or hatred. It's about a simple dress code and a stubborn woman who can't get it into her head that the world doesn't revolve around her.
I believe in most places that if somebody has a religious issue that will conflict with their jobs they have to tell their employer about it before they are hired in. I think employers have to give people time off for their own religious holidays and other things like that under the law, and this might be one of them, but again you can't just spontaneously tell your employer that after they hire you.
I couldn't have said it better myself.