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16. Um...then we have no free speech

Thu May 3, 2012, 09:19 PM

May 2012

A "like" is one of the smallest forms of expression a person can make.

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You Can Be Fired for a Facebook �Like� [View all] kpete May 2012 OP

Does "speech" need to contain a certain number of words before it's judged DisgustipatedinCA May 2012 #1

Haven't you heard this is a new area. No one has freedom of speech. southernyankeebelle May 2012 #11

And my friends wonder why I don't do social networking. Initech May 2012 #2

Yup. Iggo May 2012 #5

+ infinity hifiguy May 2012 #12

Yeah the last thing I want is to get fired for liking the wrong like. Initech May 2012 #13

Same here. -..__... May 2012 #9

Idiot decision by the Judge htuttle May 2012 #3

Listen very carefully... Egalitarian Thug May 2012 #19

"Like" on FB can be ambiguous. drm604 May 2012 #4

Which is why "like" was an idiotic word to choose. aquart May 2012 #17

Yeah the problem was liking a facebook page not whistler162 May 2012 #7

Yet another reaason for not even doing Facebook to begin with. nt Speck Tater May 2012 #8

So? You can be locked in a room to die for 5 days w no water for smoking pot Warren DeMontague May 2012 #14

+1 Canuckistanian May 2012 #15

Um...then we have no free speech Iris May 2012 #16

Let me be a little more succinct, If you want to maintain any semblance Egalitarian Thug May 2012 #18

Virginia is a "fire-at-will" state. provis99 May 2012 #20