cyrano@piefed.social to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 hours agoFord Suspends Factory Worker for Heckling Trumpwww.wsj.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up1118arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1117arrow-down1external-linkFord Suspends Factory Worker for Heckling Trumpwww.wsj.comcyrano@piefed.social to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 hours agomessage-square10fedilinkfile-text
President responded by raising his middle finger, video shows https://archive.is/2026.01.14-172602/https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/ford-suspends-factory-worker-for-heckling-trump-fa6d59b1
minus-squareGathorall@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20·9 hours agoPolitical opinions aren’t protected speech in the states?
minus-squareryrybang@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·7 hours agoAlmost nobody has protected speech from an employer. If you say or do something your employer doesn’t like, they can usually out you. 1st amendment only applies to the government taking action.
minus-squareGladiusB@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 hours agoThey put it in the “that’s unprofessional” box and call it a day
minus-squareSunforged@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up19·9 hours agoAmericans have no rights. But the 1st amendment was only about protection from government punishment for speech, nothing about private and interpersonal repercussions.
minus-squareGathorall@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 hours agoI mean worker’s rights like in most civilised countries political activity is in the list of forbidden reasons for retaliation, firing or hiring decisions, amongst race, religion, gender and such.
minus-square[deleted]@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·9 hours agoProtected from the government, and even then only if it doesn’t cause too many waves with the oligarchs.
Political opinions aren’t protected speech in the states?
Almost nobody has protected speech from an employer. If you say or do something your employer doesn’t like, they can usually out you.
1st amendment only applies to the government taking action.
They put it in the “that’s unprofessional” box and call it a day
Americans have no rights.
But the 1st amendment was only about protection from government punishment for speech, nothing about private and interpersonal repercussions.
I mean worker’s rights like in most civilised countries political activity is in the list of forbidden reasons for retaliation, firing or hiring decisions, amongst race, religion, gender and such.
Protected from the government, and even then only if it doesn’t cause too many waves with the oligarchs.