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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A flag is symbolic and can stir up all kinds of feelings. If a Confederate flag is understandably offensive to people in an office and shouldn't be displayed in a cubicle, why can the American flag be burned as freedom of speech? Both are often described as "just symbols."[/quote]

Not enough eye rolls in the world.  Plenty of behaviors are both legal and not allowed in an office environment.  I don't think you'll find employers particularly amenable to allowing employees to burn flags in their cubes either.

Freedom of speech doesn't apply to employee/employer relationships.  It applies to the government restricting the speech of its citizens.  This guy is allowed to display his ode to hatred and treason at home when he's just a citizen.  He doesn't get to do it at work. [/quote]

PP here. I certainly am not in favor of displaying a Confederate flag at work or burning a flag in a cubicle. Perhaps I should have given a better example. Just trying to point out that, just a people are offended by the display of a Confederate flag, others are also offended by someone burning the American flag or showing disrespect for it in some other way. [/quote]

Your example still doesn't work.  There are things that are allowed as private citizens that you can't do at work.  If you are creating a hostile work environment, it doesn't matter if your behavior would be protected as free speech as a citizen, it will still get you disciplined or fired as an employee.  You asked why burning the flag is allowed as free speech if having a confederate flag in your work cube is not.  The two have absolutely nothing to do with one another.  [/quote]

What about wearing a BLM tshirt?

I'm sure it's more offensive to many folks that some random confederate flag in someone's cubicle.[/quote]

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