• Universal Monk@lonestarlemmy.mooo.comOP
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      35 minutes ago

      I’ll have more money to buy $12 eggs, because of all the federal crybabies who’ll quit because they’re mad that they have to actually do their jobs now. Tax refund, baby!!! :)

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      9 hours ago

      Freeze peach is only ever a valid argument when you use it to denigrate minorities. This is totally fine for 1st amendment nuts.

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      16 hours ago

      Freedom of speech means you can’t go to prison for saying something.

      It doesn’t mean you don’t have to face whatever consequences your workplace chooses.

      Example: You can call your boss an asshole. You can’t go to jail for calling him an asshole–because of freedom of speech. But you can very much get fired for calling him an asshole. :)

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        16 hours ago

        actually freedom of speach means you’re not punished by the government for saying things the government doesn’t like, eg. criticizing the government.

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          15 hours ago

          As in punished by going to jail. You won’t be thrown in jail for calling your boss an asshole (or even a “jerk”)–thanks to free speech. But you can def get fired for calling your boss an asshole or a jerk.

          And plenty of people do.

          If it were as cut-and-dry as you say, then people wouldn’t be fired for posting shit on facebook, even in an unofficial capacity. And that has happened under BOTH political parties.

          I’m not arguing fair or not fair. I’m just saying how it’s interpreted by our legal system.