Sorry, another news from this asshole, but this is too much assholery to don’t be shared
Despite him being a shitty boss that fired employees that criticized him on twitter, he promised an “unlimited” legal defense fund to fight against employers that fired employees because of something they wrote on Twitter.
Under his tweet a lot of “verified” (=right wing) accounts plauded this and asked to fight employers who fired employees for having written something homophobic
@conciselyverbose
No, they need to do so within existing law and ideally also social norms. It’s not ok for Bob to go after you with a rifle just because you said you don’t like his hairstyle. That he can fire you for the same is atrocious. @Moonrise2473@Karlos_Cantana@prole
Going after you with a rifle is illegal in its own right. The first amendment is not a factor in any way.
Firing you for it is unambiguously and unconditionally legal, unless you’re in a state that has other limitations on your ability to terminate employees.
There is no scenario you can contrive where a non-government employer firing an employee for speech can be connected to the first amendment in any way. The first amendment can only possibly be relevant to the government.
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@conciselyverbose
No, they need to do so within existing law and ideally also social norms. It’s not ok for Bob to go after you with a rifle just because you said you don’t like his hairstyle. That he can fire you for the same is atrocious.
@Moonrise2473 @Karlos_Cantana @prole
Going after you with a rifle is illegal in its own right. The first amendment is not a factor in any way.
Firing you for it is unambiguously and unconditionally legal, unless you’re in a state that has other limitations on your ability to terminate employees.
There is no scenario you can contrive where a non-government employer firing an employee for speech can be connected to the first amendment in any way. The first amendment can only possibly be relevant to the government.
It’s not ok for Bob to go after you with a rifle because threatening someone with a weapon is illegal by itself. Firing someone is not