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I think the powers that be can go too far

If Sterling were my neighbor, I might move...but I wouldn't try to force *him* to move. Trying to force him to sell his team seems more than a little sketchy to me. Now expelling his team from the league...that seems perhaps a more legitimate option, though I'm sure the legalities of it would be byzantine.

In a somewhat similar vein, I think Brendan Eich got unfairly shafted for having an opinion and expressing his freedom to support a legal organization. I strongly disagree with said opinion and organization...but so what? I'm free to voice opposing views and to support groups of my choice, with very little chance of being forced from my job for doing so.

Sometimes, organized political correctness has a truly unfair and highly personal impact. A personal expression of disapproval, or an individual's decision to stop doing business with any particular group is one thing, but an organized effort to punish someone because of an opinion or a belief, however distasteful you may find it, is something entirely different.

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