Subj : Re: Most memorable modern
To : Boraxman
From : jimmylogan
Date : Tue May 20 2025 08:38 pm
-=> Boraxman wrote to MRO <=-
> social media has ruined people's relationships and lost them jobs.
>
> in my town there's a guy who was a teacher's aid of some sort but he was in
> military and overseas. his room mate posted lol at an instagram post about
> gay person being fired using this guy's account. was it on purpose or
> accidential? the person that saw it and posted on fb said it was only there
> for 10 mins at 3am in the morning before it was deleted.
>
>
> Anyways, dude gets fired from his job and entire town on fb is talking shit
> about the poor guy. and he's just serving for his country.
That's terrible! He was convicted in the court of public opinion
and wasn't even there to defend himself... :-(
Bo> A think there should be laws to prevent you for getting fired for
Bo> things like that. It seems a MAJOR loophole in the protection of free
Bo> speech, is the ability for employers to disemploy someone for their
Bo> speech.
Agreed. A few years ago the school system tried to tell staff they
couldn't 'be friends with' a student. They said NO EXCEPTIONS and
NO CONTACT with a student outside school unless their parents are
invovled.
I asked pointed questions, like "what if it's my nephew?" "What
if it's a kid I teach in Sunday School?" What if I'm in line at
the movie theater and they are too and they want to strike up
a conversation? Am I supposed to be rude and tell them I can't
talk to them?
I'm not saying it is because I asked these questions, but it
didn't take long for them to realize this was NOT something that
could actually be done...
Now they did go on to CAUTION, and I agree with that 100%!!! Be
smart - don't get in a position of 'he said/she said.'
Bo> Functionally, you do NOT have any free speech, if this can happen to
Bo> you.
Bo> The problem is, America doesn't actually value personal liberty as much
Bo> as it claims to. It would rather give that liberty to the few.
Americans have given up personal liberty so many times over the
years... Either for 'public safety' or 'common sense.'
I still remember when the Boston Marathon bombing happened. It
was bad, yes, but I remember the news reporting that police were
going door to door in a search for the missing guy. No warrants -
no reason to think that he was in YOUR house - but he MIGHT be.
People willingly opened their doors...
I commented at the time that I think they were trying to see
how far they could go before the public spoke out...
... They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist...
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