How about if they do the same on a street corner, or a public meeting? It seems too simple to say, "people shouldn't be fired for tweets."
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there's got to be a lot of very relevant first amendment discussion about publishing--are tweets different enough to rethink?
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It's not a strawman, as I'm not asking that question as a rebuttal to anything.
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The line now extends to public pronouncements on social media in some instances.
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If you're answer to the question as "yes" then you do in fact think that tweets can rightly be basis for firing.
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Good question!
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Some people seem to be taking a maximalist position that tweets should never be basis for firing.
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Tweets should ONLY ever be a basis for firing if someone uses them to make specific threats that violate the law.
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Doesn't that depend on the job? An architect, or programmer, why? I suppose if there's a morals clause in their employment K.
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Would an employer be wrong to bristle at the notion of employing a programmer who favors genocidal violence?
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whom are you referring to?
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No one specifically
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What sort of jobs should people who exercise their Right to free speech be 'allowed' to have?
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The right to speech is not the same as the right to not face consequences.
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No they should. Light their asses up and ruin their lives as they intended to threaten and scare others.
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man, hard call. I think context matters as much as position of public authority of the individual in question
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apparently, that is exempt from the list
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What do YOU think??
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