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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe First Amendment updated.

It's affirmative action for bigots. Their message has been unfairly suppressed. Oh, the humanity!
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The First Amendment updated. (Original Post)
hay rick
Sep 2025
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It should also be amended that freedom of speech also ONLY applies to magats.
Ferrets are Cool
Sep 2025
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I live in Florida, where teachers are being targeted for social media posts critical of Kirk.
hay rick
Sep 2025
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Ferrets are Cool
(22,607 posts)2. It should also be amended that freedom of speech also ONLY applies to magats.
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hay rick
(9,467 posts)4. I live in Florida, where teachers are being targeted for social media posts critical of Kirk.
Igel
(37,433 posts)5. If a teacher pisses off the community--or enough of it--their job might be forfeit.
It's not just when they piss off conservatives.
https://www.legalnewsline.com/cook-county-record/school-district-ok-to-fire-teacher-over-anti-black-lives-matter-posts/article_8a8ec70e-a6b2-4b71-987a-a31c090f4426.html
hay rick
(9,467 posts)6. Literally pisses off in the case you cite.
In those comments, among others, Hedgepeth called for rioters to be "hosed down" with liquid human waste by septic trucks.
The fact that "our side" has done something similar in rare cases doesn't make any of it right. I would point out that in the Kirk case, many people are being disciplined for quoting Kirk's own words. People are being encouraged to turn in people they work with. Elon Musk has a list of 30,000 and counting of people to target.
LetMyPeopleVote
(176,828 posts)7. LOL
