If somebody insults you, can you sue them against any charges in the court of law?
We first have to examine facts to sue. You cannot sue for insult per se but few questions arise for advising lawyer -Location of insult - if it was in public domain, Insult with force - if it was followed by any physical forceOccurance - is it occurring regularly The victim - whether insulted person a women or public servant Intent - Has any objectionable words about racism or religion or caste or sexual remark has been told,Whether the insult is intended to harm a person or national identities like national emblem,flag etc, religion, culture, military organisations, government organisations, own country or a particular group Any other act or omissions associated with insult Point 1to 6 stated above is actionable in different countries differently.
Do I have to pay the towing company to keep my car if it was totaled?
The vehicle was towed. There is a bill owed for the towing, and every day there is a storage charge that is added to the bill. You have two choices, you can pay the towing and storage fees, and remove the car from the tow company lot. You could then sell the car (usually to a junkyard) but you would have to pay to have it towed to that junkyard. The tow company is willing to accept $150 and the title to the car to settle the bill. If you do nothing, depending on the area, they could sue you for the total bill, meaning that you could end up owing thousands of dollars in towing and storage. Your best bet is to give them the title, pay the $150 fee, and reduce your loss.
What are the lawsuits against Elon Musk?
There are powerful commercial, government, wall street, and media forces that want Tesla to fail. The transition to a sustainable energy future and electric mobility is going to disrupt the status quo in the oil industry, the auto industry, auto services, the trucking industry, railroads, and to a lesser extent many other segments of the economy.Stock in these industries are held by millions of investors whose portfolios would be adversely affected by sweeping changes in the allocation of resources that would certainly occur. There are speculators who have billions of dollars committed to the expectation that Tesla will eventually fail.Recent events like the successful ramping of Tesla Model 3 production, the amazing success of the Model 3 in the marketplace rising to the 5th best selling car in the U.S. in August, and the likelihood that Tesla will soon report a profit for the first time in two years, has many of Tesla’s enemies on edge.They rightly understand that the amazing rise of Tesla from nothing to a fierce competitor with a 5 year head start in the EV arena is primarily the result of Elon Musk’s genius and dogged determination to eliminate the use of fossil fuels and with them the harm they present to Earth’s biosphere.What better way to cripple Tesla than by a legal blow to the knees which is what this lawsuit effectively is. Will it work? I don’t think so. People have been underestimating Musk for years. But, Tesla’s enemies need time to recover from their complacency and ill-preparedness, and anything that distracts Musk from his and Tesla’s goal will buy time to save them from having to face the future head on. And should Tesla actually fail, well, so much the better, they believe. Tesla a burr under the saddle and a pain in the neck. Deal with it, and life will be a lot more pleasant.
Does a business in the US have a right to refuse service to anyone, for any reason?
I don't believe they do. I haven't seen a business with a sign out front saying "no blacks allowed," nor would I ever want to. Wasn't someone sued for having a sign that said "speak English" outside his store? (He won the case, I believe, but was still brought into court.) I don't believe businesses can discriminate based on race or gender. If same-sex marriage is legal, would caterers, florists and wedding photographers be able to refuse to work on such ceremonies?
How should a white person respond when falsely accused of racism?
22 years ago, I worked in a very small department of about 12 people and I was the only white person. It was manual labor; intricate, extremely fast paced work on a assembly line in a very large factory. My coworkers and I were friendly but we all were way too busy to engage in a lot of conversation. (I’m not exaggerating when I tell you that we barely had time to look up.)After about six months, I became pregnant with my second child. One day around lunchtime, I left to go have an ultrasound. When I got back later in the day, I excitedly showed all my co-workers the photo during our last 10 minute break and we made jokes about how you couldn’t tell anything from the ultrasound photo (this was in 1996) and then we went right back to work.That same afternoon, we all knocked off just a few minutes early because we had miraculously met our quota for the day. After we had cleaned up our workstations, we all had a seat around a picnic table waiting for the buzzer.As I was sitting there, I noticed that one of the ladies was staring daggers at me. I asked her what was wrong and what she said next was one of the craziest things I’ve ever heard.She said that I was a racist because I had not shown her the ultrasound picture. It was completely out of left field. I tried to tell her that I had shown the picture to everyone, but she wouldn’t hear it. (I found out later that she had been in the bathroom.) The thing that really got me was that not one of the other 10 black people in our department said anything to defend me, not even when the lady went to our supervisor to try to get me in trouble.This is the complete story. There’s not the slightest bit of exaggeration and I have not have not left out any of the details.That was the day that I first realized that if you are a white person in the American South, you WILL be labeled a racist and there’s not one single thing you can do about it. That’s just the way it is. No one will defend you and if you try to defend yourself, you’ll just end up looking worse. It’s really a no-win situation.
Is CNN any better than Breitbart, considering it's being sued by 175 black employees alleging racial discrimination?
Yes, it’s a lot better.False equivalency and whataboutism is exactly the shit that’s going to land the entire US in the shitter sooner rather than later.A company that is shady enough to drive nearly 200 people to sue for discriminatory practices is a shitty company and doesn’t deserve to get pissed on if it’s on fire. That’s CNN.Another company openly sympathizes with literal Nazis, supports white supremacists, incites violence against non-whites, gays, and asylum seekers. They also regularly report stories that are demonstrably false (breitbart Archives | Snopes.com) This is an entirely different order of magnitude of shittiness; Breitbard is far, FAR worse.
Is it illegal to not hire someone because of their tattoos?
Think about it from the business owner's perspective. If I ran a cool, artsy little store in downtown Seattle, I'd be fine with whoever applied having tattoos. If I were the owner of a Christian book store...I might not want to hire someone that looks like that Barker guy from Blink 182.I am tattooed, educated, and employed. If I'm going to be in a situation where I desperately want to avoid having my tattoos be a focus of glances or conversation because I need my education and my need to be employed as the focus...I will cover them up. At some point, I will ask about the policy on tattoos, but I will never feel entitled to have them visible.
Where can I report a racist apartment manager?
The company name and address should be on the top of your lease. If not just ask the manager for it and if she asks why just tell her you need to send in some papers. She doesn't need to know what and why and she more than likely is required by company policy to provide the name and address. You might also consider the Better Business Bureau and the Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) and check with the city to see if there is a local housing board.