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10. Employers can regulate what you say off-hours by firing people for having opinions online.

Sun Aug 5, 2012, 12:10 PM

Aug 2012

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Where Free Speech Goes to Die: The Workplace [View all] xchrom Aug 2012 OP

Run government like a business 90-percent Aug 2012 #1

He was fired for being an asshole twizzler Aug 2012 #4

Assholes don't have rights? slampoet Aug 2012 #12

Verbal attack, is that a legal term or are you making up rights? slampoet Aug 2012 #28

He was purportedly on his lunch time twizzler Aug 2012 #5

when so much is riding on your job, you job should be better protected leftyohiolib Aug 2012 #6

Sorry, but I'm not aware... MattSh Aug 2012 #14

The Bill of Rights needs to accompany us into the workplace... appal_jack Aug 2012 #8

Your relationship with the corporation is at will and voluntary tritsofme Aug 2012 #9

Must be nice in La La Land... appal_jack Aug 2012 #13

Looking for balance here... appal_jack Aug 2012 #25

Reading Is Fundamental, my friend appal_jack Aug 2012 #19

A corporation is a little totalitarian state. Odin2005 Aug 2012 #16

Too true, at present. appal_jack Aug 2012 #22

I couldn't be more happy about no free speech in the work place. cbdo2007 Aug 2012 #17

Does the same hold true at DU? joeglow3 Aug 2012 #18

I don't think that accepting the consequences of free speech... LanternWaste Aug 2012 #20

Huh. That's the same place Democracy goes to die. Octafish Aug 2012 #24

Hey, you can say whatever you like at work mindwalker_i Aug 2012 #27

Probably off topic. Reminded me of one of my first bosses. Trillo Aug 2012 #29