Civil rights lawyer quits X after Alex Jones' return to platform

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[–]NastyWetSmear 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

That lawyer should be instantly disbarred for protesting over a person getting their right to speak back. This shows a profound misunderstanding of what they should be representing.

[–]hfxB0oyA[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Uhhh......

[–]NastyWetSmear 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

That tells me you're confused about something, but not what. Did you disagree? Does it not make sense?

[–]hfxB0oyA[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I'm not sure if you were making a joke there about the free speech debate or not.

[–]NastyWetSmear 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Well, it was partially a joke in that I don't think anyone's actions on social media... Barring literally illegal actions... Should impact their job.
But what I meant was: Someone who is meant to be representing civil rights as a living, but then sees a person being returned to the public square and protests that, isn't the best person for the job. Anyone in her position should, even if they hated the person and their views, have the intelligence and impartiality towards such subjects to be able to say: "Well, I don't like him, but people I don't like should also have certain rights. In fact, it's part of my job to ensure that everyone has certain rights and they aren't infringed and, frankly, the 'town square' debate is one we should be having."

[–]hfxB0oyA[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Gotcha. Thanks for clarifying. 👍