...AS IF BEING A REPIGLICAN WASN'T BAD ENOUGH

Little Billy McDermott, the boy wonder candidate who sought a delegate's seat in last September's primary election, made the newspapers this week when he got fired from his RA gig at some local university. The reason cited was because he conspired with others to take a rubber duck hostage and hold it for ransom.... okay, that wasn't really the reason. The real reason, we're told, is because he dressed up as an arab terrorist while doing it. Wait, there's more. ... Seems his garb was an issue, not because of any potential fear it might have instilled in the community, but because it might have offended somebody of middle eastern descent.
Okay, let's pause for a moment and ponder who's more stupid: Is it Billy McDermott for failing to take into account the socio-political climate? Or is it the University for trying to ram a social engineering agenda down the throats of the student body? I'm voting for the university, it's supposedly run by adults who are supposed to know about and support the First Amendment. McDermott, at least, has youthful folly on his side, not to mention that his act was meant to be, and was in fact, funny. Whereas, the university's response was not funny and, as a state school, clearly violated McDermott's right to free speech when it punished him.
Listen, I'll remind you again: there is no constitutional right to not be offended. Grow-the-fuck-up. Learn to deal with life's little disappointments like an adult. If someone was offended, too bad. They'll get over it, or they won't. Either way, they'll deal with it.
That brings us to McDermott's role in this crying jag, in so much as it proves his immaturity and lack of fitness for a role in the state political arena... But he's still a kid. Maybe one day he'll grow up and give more and deeper consideration to his political perspective.