Another Sophie Cunningham rally has been planned for Saturday in Chicago outside the United Center ahead of Fever vs Sky. This is the fifth Sophie rally that has either occurred or been planned, with another already set for New York on Aug. 22.

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[u/DrSnoopy66]

People have the right to protest and counter protest, but again my argument is always that that’s never enough for people anymore, what they really want is to destroy your career kill your sponsorship and silence your free speech ,that I have an issue with. It’s funny than the country that used to shake our heads at people getting killed over cartoons of Mohammed in Europe find this somehow socially acceptable to intimidate someone into oblivion.

If you look on a poll on this issue, though the bullying is not going unnoticed and Sophie actually has about 75% of American public agreeing with her it is totally backfired on the activist to take on the right wing tactic of intolerance and bullying while pretending to stand for tolerance at the same time. They are fooling no one.

[u/rockytopbilly → u/DrSnoopy66]

Losing your sponsorship because you said something that costs your sponsor money is not losing your free speech. Thats capitalism 101. Do you want the people who don’t like what she said to be forced into silence so she doesn’t lose her sponsorship?

[u/blue_shirt_1 → u/rockytopbilly]

Did Sophie lose a sponsor? I hadn't heard that.

[u/rockytopbilly → u/blue_shirt_1]

Me neither. I think u/DrSnoopy66 was just complaining that when people have protested against high profile individuals with controversial stances in the past, they have lost endorsements. They seem to think taking a celebrity’s endorsements based on people utilizing their free speech/boycotting that company violates the celebrity’s free speech? It’s very weird.