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kelliekat44

(7,759 posts) Fri Dec 5, 2014, 10:55 PM Dec 2014

So if you play professional sports, your 1st Amendment rights are suspended? If ministers from [View all]

their pulpit can spew even hateful political diatribes at the President, at gays, at Muslims, why can't pro sports figures demonstrate their political, moral, or social speech. They wear arm bands, ribbons etc. But raising hands in the air to show solidarity with police brutality protestors is worthy of suspension?

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So if you play professional sports, your 1st Amendment rights are suspended? If ministers from [View all] kelliekat44 Dec 2014 OP

Do slaves on a plantation have free speech? XemaSab Dec 2014 #1

Sports celebrities are slaves? Nuclear Unicorn Dec 2014 #24

No, of course not, elleng Dec 2014 #2

NFL can make rules for their players yeoman6987 Dec 2014 #4

Yes, of course they can. elleng Dec 2014 #10

Have they been arrested, or do they face criminal charges, based on their speech? Nye Bevan Dec 2014 #3

Of course their First Amendment rights aren't suspended SickOfTheOnePct Dec 2014 #5

the 1st limits government, not your employer alc Dec 2014 #6

And not only screw your 1st Amendment rights, don't you dare tread on their 2nd Amendment right! nt ChisolmTrailDem Dec 2014 #7

In many cases yes. maced666 Dec 2014 #8

I see you've been properly schooled about the gov't vs a private org limiting your 'speech'. X_Digger Dec 2014 #9

The First Amendment does not prohibit non-state employers from being imbeciles. (nt) Posteritatis Dec 2014 #11

The only armbands or ribbons NFL players Jenoch Dec 2014 #12

The bottom line is money Drale Dec 2014 #13

Can you make political speeches where you work? jberryhill Dec 2014 #14

It wasn't the employers who were objecting. peace13 Dec 2014 #16

Can they also express an opinion? jberryhill Dec 2014 #18

Yes, but they didn't. peace13 Dec 2014 #19

I am beginning to think you are elaborate performance art. nt Dreamer Tatum Dec 2014 #15

1st Amendment applies to GOVERNMENT infringing one's speech. Lex Dec 2014 #17

and that is difficult for many to grasp wyldwolf Dec 2014 #32

This message was self-deleted by its author FSogol Dec 2014 #20

My employees are barred from making all sorts of statements while at work. Codeine Dec 2014 #21

Not a first amendment issue. nt. NCTraveler Dec 2014 #22

this is what the OP wrote on Wednesday morning after the election: Bluenorthwest Dec 2014 #23

I was merely pointing out how many voters among the ultra RW feel about it and they vote accordingly kelliekat44 Dec 2014 #26

That is eye-opening. NCTraveler Dec 2014 #34

Did I miss something edhopper Dec 2014 #25

Okay folks, give it a break! I know what the 1st Amendment says and how it applies. I am merely kelliekat44 Dec 2014 #27

The two aren't even comparable n/t SickOfTheOnePct Dec 2014 #28

Neither the NFL nor the Rams are planning HappyMe Dec 2014 #29

The NFL is a private organization 951-Riverside Dec 2014 #30

Well considering the players being referenced faced giftedgirl77 Dec 2014 #31

suspension by your employer has nothing to do with the first amendment Doctor_J Dec 2014 #33