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In reply to the discussion: AP source: DHS employee behind racist website [View all]hughee99
(16,113 posts)36. The FACT is that she resigned and was not fired.
How am I the one who won't acknowledge the facts.
When someone is forced to resign, for legal purposes, they quit. To fire someone, you have to have cause, and I'm sure there are a few free speech advocates who would argue that what a person does on their own time, that is not illegal, is not their employers business, especially if they are in a government, union job. If this person won't resign, the government would have to have cause to fire him, and it's possible they may not have it, thus, they'd have to keep him on.
Would you support the government firing rank-and-file employees for exercising their free speech rights ( though, I'm not sure if this fall into "hate speech or not) on their own time?
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The article shows that the Southern Poverty Law Center did the first reporting on this, not the NSA.
xocet
Aug 2013
#15
Good question. I'm guessing because no right wing organizations have complained about him.
forestpath
Aug 2013
#13
"The DHS official spoke on the condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized"
Sunlei
Aug 2013
#14
He'll get fired unless he can put up an airtight defense that the site is a joke/satire, etc.
Blue_Tires
Aug 2013
#23