LOL WUTMan lost his job because he complained about New York, like shops not selling eggs or yogurt

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[–]Alienhunter糞大名 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

There's a difference between saying something in uniform on company time and saying something privately with no obvious connection to the company.

Regardless there are few employment protections for people. This is horrible for any democracy since it gives large corporations a huge amount of influence on what can and cannot be said in the public square.

For a healthy democratic society to exist political speech needs to be protected and we cannot allow undue retaliation against legal speech conducted outside of ones employment duties. Should be seen as a violation of a companies civil duties and should have consequences.

This needs to apply to smaller employers to some extent as well but really it's the circumstances that are important to take into consideration. But employees should have legal recourse for undue firings if we want a free and stable society.

If we want an autocracy freedom is optional.

[–]RedEyedWarriorThe Evil Cishomo 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Well said.

[–]LyingSpirit472 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

More people have to remember about free speech: When you do something to someone over disagreeing with you, then eventually when the pendulum shifts to the other side, you just said it's okay for THEM to do to YOU when they get power.