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I'm utterly confused by why folks think any business should subsidize the speech of employees. If we all believe in capitalism as the basis of our economy then
by norea-armozel 9y ago
I'm utterly confused by why folks think any business should subsidize the speech of employees. If we all believe in capitalism as the basis of our economy then all businesses have a right to protect themselves from their employees when they enter into situations that would leave them liable for that employees behavior or speech. Damore using a company mailing list of was clearly crossing the line. He's free to publish all he wants outside of his workplace. It's getting into a scary situation that we expand free speech to mean "freedom to have an audience or a guaranteed means to get one." And that's what Damore and other conservatives continue to push despite their claims to be advocate for free markets (which as a consequence makes them free to not subsidize or convey his speech).