Curt Schilling: Another victim of the politically correct thought police (ethics, legal)
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There aren't supposed to be "consequences" for expressing an opinion.
Wait - when did that happen?
Curt Schilling is a media figure and his employers make money on his image. If he goes out of his way to alter that image to one that more resembles your creepy uncle at Thanksgiving after the 5th Bud - that's most certainly his right. And it's his employers ' right to decide that he's not good for their image any more.
That being said, you can hold the opinion that the NC law is a good idea without using degrading, stereotyping caricature. That moves him from merely being wrong to being offensive.
When the owner of a basketball team can be forced to sell off his team because of something he said privately we have a problem in this country. When delicate flowers need safe spaces, police investigations, university administration apology, and psychological counseling because somebody wrote Trump 2016 in chalk, we have a problem in this country. When dissenting voices can be shut down with cries of racist, narrow mindedness, xenophobia, homophobia, and more we have a problem in this country. When a guy behind the counter of a scrap yard in Idaho can be so visibly upset over the misuse of a single word, we have a problem in this country.
So the politically correct thought police claim another victim.
Remember! If you step out of line, hold the "wrong" opinion on an issue and express it on your personal social media account, you too can be fired!
Remember! Progressives are the party of tolerance! ... until you disagree with them
If just believing that makes you a bigot, then we are all bigots, including you.
Then the logic becomes interesting. You and others believe it should be legal to fire bigots, and since we are all bigots then they can fire anyone they want, at any time.
Really? So if I walk up to my boss and express my opinion that he's an idiot, I shouldn't expect to be fired?
It should be noted that ESPN has a baseball writer/ lead editor on staff, Christina Kahrl. Shillings opinions about bathrooms may or may not have been offensive to Kahrl, but the meme that was posted on his twitter page certainly was.
I think most people are in favour of some employment regulations.
Firing people for their political beliefs is one of the things I believe should be illegal.
Even if the person is high profile and is projecting what the company considers to be a negative image for the organization? They must be forced to continue to pay him while he destroys their reputation?
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