FARK.com: (7087649) Missouri state rep passes bill preventing gun owners for being fired for owning guns. So surely she's against people being fired for their sexual orientation, right? Aasif Mandvi investigates

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		Missouri state rep passes bill preventing gun owners for being fired for owning guns. So surely she's against people being fired for their sexual orientation, right? Aasif Mandvi investigates (thedailyshow.com)		17
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Stile4aly		2012-05-04 05:30:11 PM

13 votes:

Just had a thought: Attention all gay people in Missouri. Buy a gun. Then if you get fired, claim you were fired for owning a gun.

bugontherug		2012-05-04 06:41:49 PM

2 votes:

Note:

Under Wisconsin law, it is now perfectly legal to pay a woman less money than a man for doing the same work for no other reason than that she's a woman.

This is the world the Republicans want for us: where you can subjugate someone for their sex, sexual orientation, or non-Christian faith. But where firearms ownership discrimination is perfectly legal.

Virtual Pariah		2012-05-04 05:12:44 PM

2 votes:

I find it disappointing that the Comedy Channel has more instances of journalistic reporting than the MSM.

This was a really good piece and watching Aasif's face when he blurts out the "common sense" line was classic.

Car_Ramrod		2012-05-04 03:30:50 PM

2 votes:

"Have you ever voted against gay workplace rights?"
"Has that been on the ballot here?"
"I don't know. I'm asking YOU."

I thought that was going to be the worst part of the interview. I was wrong. Dramatically wrong. Epically wrong.

GAT_00		2012-05-04 02:36:54 PM

2 votes:

TNel: Wow that lady has no idea what she is doing and yet she is getting paid to not know anything. Amazing... how do I get this kind of job.

Step one: declare that you're a Republican
Step two: derp up the place
Step three: run for office
Step four: win without trying as Republicans eat the stupid up.

erik-k		2012-05-05 02:35:21 AM

1 votes:

At the end there I'd have (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻ at that lady's stupidity. Props to Aasif for holding it together as well as he did.

gimmegimme		2012-05-04 06:34:08 PM

1 votes:

Dr Dreidel: How is this any different from that yambag a few months ago talking about a farcical amendment to ban masturbation (might also have been in MO) "taking away the rights of men"?

Or any of a hundred other TDS interviews?

They just [don't | won't] get it, and for me, the joke grows stale.

// "Mom, Dad, I'm feeling ennui!"
// "You should have peace with the absurdity of human existence before we left the house, son."

Here's the problem: it's not a joke.

This lunatic and that anti-rubbing-one-out lady are ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO HAVE DIRECT INFLUENCE OVER THE GOVERNMENT.

Dr Dreidel		2012-05-04 05:55:58 PM

1 votes:

How is this any different from that yambag a few months ago talking about a farcical amendment to ban masturbation (might also have been in MO) "taking away the rights of men"?

Or any of a hundred other TDS interviews?

They just [don't | won't] get it, and for me, the joke grows stale.

// "Mom, Dad, I'm feeling ennui!"
// "You should have peace with the absurdity of human existence before we left the house, son."

HotWingConspiracy		2012-05-04 05:53:02 PM

1 votes:

Lenny_da_Hog: HotWingConspiracy: Firearms ownership is a mental disease.

0/10

What? I'm on her side. People shouldn't get fired because they're sick.

rudemix		2012-05-04 05:31:51 PM

1 votes:

Best was when he breaks into frustration and finally says 'common sense!' I like Aasif a lot and he never breaks out of 'serious reporter doing serious thing' but that stupidity was too much for him.

Lackofname		2012-05-04 05:15:30 PM

1 votes:

The "Common sense" line was so satisfying.

MBP2112		2012-05-04 05:12:53 PM

1 votes:

C'mon guys...She's a Romney homosexualist RINO! It's Alinsky Vulcan chess, dammit! If you're gay, buy a gun. That way when you get fired... WHAMMO! U CAN'T FIRE ME HERE'S MY GUN!

Huh? HUH?

sabreWulf07		2012-05-04 05:11:06 PM

1 votes:

So Republicans are attacking my right to fire my employees for any reason at all, or no reason? Last I checked Missouri was an "at-will" employment state, and I'll be damned if I'll let another business-destroying big government regulation be passed by an out-of-control Republican legislature. Why do Republicans in Missouri hate job creators?

vernonFL		2012-05-04 04:05:25 PM

1 votes:

God made Adam and Eve, not Smith and Wesson!

Mentat		2012-05-04 03:48:58 PM

1 votes:

MaudlinMutantMollusk: So... has getting fired for being a gun owner been a big problem in Missouri?

No. Conservation efforts over the past 20 years have turned Missouri into a hunter's paradise. There is no way in hell anyone could ever get fired in Missouri for owning a gun.

ambassador_ahab		2012-05-04 02:57:05 PM

1 votes:

Lady: Why can't they go to court?
Aasif: They would lose if there's no law protecting them
Lady: How do you know that?
Aasif: Because I'm not farking retarded