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Teachers, firefighters and military personnel among those who lost jobs after posting their opinion on social media

Reactions on social media to the murder of far-right activist Charlie Kirk have cost multiple people their jobs as authorities in numerous states clamp down on critical commentary.

Among those to have been fired, suspended or censured in recent days for their opinions include teachers, firefighters, journalists, politicians, a secret service employee and a worker for a prominent NFL team.

The dismissals come as the administration of Donald Trump promises to take action against foreign nationals it deems to be “praising, rationalizing or making light of” Kirk’s killing, himself a fervent free speech advocate.

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[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (3 children)

We’re at the Thought Police stage it appears.

Corporate America has always fired people for expressing political opinions. Ya'll either haven't worked in a real job or are very young, this isn't anything new. Whether or not this decades-old unspoken policy is correct or not is an entirely different conversation, but let's not pretend that corporate America has ever stood up for freedom of speech or let people express their hot takes at work, that's fucking absurd.

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You could have expressed your opinion without including the insulting (and completely wrong) assumptions about me. But you chose not to. Cheers!

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world -1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I made zero assumptions about you, my comment was objectively very generalized, but if you took it personally, that's on you and how you choose to take even mildly, distantly opposing views and maybe you should work on that.

[–] feannag@sh.itjust.works 5 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Since when are military, teachers, and firefighters part of corporate America? And coming from the absolutist free speech party? These are government positions being terminated for expressing an opinion. You know, protected speech.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 4 points 20 hours ago

Also, have any been fired for publicly supporting Kirk? Why isn't that a thing?

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 3 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

Yeah, but now you have people intentionally weaponizing that - even for speech well outside of work, and only because they want to punish those not like them and who don't embrace a Nazi - which our government is fucking honoring right now, by the way.

Where is the punishment for those that express support for Kirk? That's not political? Why aren't those motherfuckers being singled out, doxxed and FIRED? They are supporting a Nazi. I would think that is much more grounds for firing...