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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Starting a thread to compile a list of companies who are firing people for exercising their first amendment right to call Charlie Kirk a POS.

Name the names so real Americans know where to not spend their money. [/quote]

I’m a small business owner (x2).

I’d terminate an employee who posted inflammatory content, whether that be celebrating the death of George Floyd or celebrating the death of Charlie Kirk.

Why?

1. Bc I don’t want to work with a**holes.

2. Bc it shows terrible judgment.

3. Bc it might damage my livelihood.

Would you behave differently if you owned a business? [/quote]

I hope that in making this statement you’re also making an effort to take an actual look at the statements that people are being fired for. Some have been fired for quoting things that Kirk himself previously said.  Others made simple, factual statements — that were likely not intended to be inflammatory, and would not be viewed that way in most situations, at least IMO.

People are being censured for quoting the Bible — something MAGA claims to espouse. 
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PP. Of course. It’s obviously essential to understand exactly what someone has actually said.

However, I’d note that it’s also important for the speaker to exercise judgment.

Publicly posting about someone who’s just been shot is very likely to generate strong reactions.

A prudent person would probably not comment critically at such a time. What good will come of it, and what reaction are you likely to receive?

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I understand what you are saying and, as a prudent person myself, I have prefaced every single comment I have made on social media and on DCUM with a total condemnation of CK's murder and all political violence. But when people are turning someone who made many hateful comments into a saint and martyr, it is very hard not to respond.

See, what I just wrote above might be considered a "celebration." But it isn't. I cried when I first heard. I am wholeheartedly against all political violence both for the human cost and the price that all of our society pays. I do not want any of this for my children.[/quote]

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