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His wife called Charlie Kirk a "Nazi": the Texas Roadhouse fired him [1]
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Date: 2025-09-16
The MAGA crusade to cancel free speech is now holding people responsible for things their spouses say. Case in point: Matthew Readling had worked at the Texas Roadhouse in Milton, FL., since 2021. This week, the company fired him after his wife, Mallory, posted critical thoughts about Charlie Kirk on Facebook.
Mrs. Readling was not shy to say what she wanted to say. And she was clear where she stood. In one post, Mallory, who has since deleted her Facebook account, wrote:
In another, Mallory shared: "Y'all are NEVER OUTRAGED over school shootings though. Just mad when the RACIST, WHITE MAN dies. My god. What is even going on anymore?'
"I don't feel sorry for a NAZI. He didn't unite ANYONE except on the grounds of HATRED AND RACISM. May god have mercy on THEIR SOULS."
It was one woman's opinion. The sort of speech the Founders protected in the First Amendment. And an enumerated right that Charlie Kirk himself took full advantage of. But a 'right' today's so-called constitutional originalists are demanding be withheld from those they disagree with.
Mallory spoke her mind, but nowhere did she threaten violence. She even wished god's mercy on their souls. But no dissent is permitted by fascism's speech police.
Scarlett Johnson, the social media manager for the right-wing group Moms for Liberty (M4L), was instrumental in Matthew's termination. Ever ready to be outraged, she scanned social media for opinions she didn't like. She found Mallory's posts. Then tweeted them out with the comment:
"The wife of the manager of Texas Roadhouse in Milton, FL wrote the posts below. The servers are upset and feel intimidated.'
I call bullshit. How the fuck does Johnson know how the servers feel? Did she talk to them? Has she uncovered posts where they expressed their feelings? Have any of them filed a complaint with HR? I don't know. But unless Johnson has evidence, how do we know she isn't lying like a professional?
She is certainly familiar with deception and deceit. The organization she shills for could have been named by George Orwell's 1984 Ministry of Truth. They have zero interest in liberty.
Scarlett Johnson, the social media manager for the right-wing group Moms for Liberty, slammed Mallory for her comments online a day before he was terminated
On their website , M4L prominently features a John Adams quote, "Children should be educated and instructed in the principles of freedom." Yet, they want government-enforced thought and speech from cradle to grave — especially in schools. In addition, how getting someone fired for their wife's thoughts honors "freedom" is anyone's guess.
In the early days of Trump, all sorts of bigots oozed from America's sewer, encouraged and enabled by a newly minted politician who made hate great again. When liberals pushed back against a rising tide of intolerance and lies, conservatives dismissed them as fragile. But let's ask who the snowflakes are now?
However, it isn't just brittle MAGAs who are crying foul over ordinary Americans speaking their mind. The campaign to ruin careers for 'thoughtcrime' is a strong-arm tactic favored by authoritarians attempting to intimidate their way to power. Sadly, corporate America is now eager to be pushed around.
The history books say Americans won a revolutionary war against tyranny. The country has three years, or less, to decide if that win has an expiration date.
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