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This is no different than criticizing your employer, don't be surprised when they fire you for that.
by ProAm 9y ago
This is no different than criticizing your employer, don't be surprised when they fire you for that.
- jhawk28 9y agoCriticizing your employer is considered protected speech in the US. Edit: I stand corrected. "Some" forums of criticizing your employer may be considered protected. You may need a lawsuit to enforce that protection....
- pwthornton 9y agoIt's not. You can't just criticize your employer with impunity. Only a very narrowly tailored set of criticisms related to whistleblowing, labor practices and a few other areas are protected.
- spacemanmatt 9y agoFor the purpose of 1st amendment protection, you can criticize your employer with impunity. You can criticize the government with impunity, too. What most people mean when they talk about their freedom of speech is the privilege of speaking without losing their job. I find it to be a tragic if not fatal misunderstanding pervasive to discussions about speech.
- tj-teej 9y ago? What makes you say that. The 1st Amendment only states that the Govt cannot do anything to hinder free speech.
- sageikosa 9y agoProtected in that you cannot be prosecuted for it perhaps.
- flatline 9y agoThink tanks are a little different. It's closer to a professor getting fired for pursuing research that casts a bad light on a corporate donor to the school. What's the most troubling to me is not that this individual was fired, but his entire line of inquiry was ejected by Google.
- ProAm 9y agoThink tanks have always been biased research institutions used to shape policy. When you don't play ball for the entity funding the team be prepared to not play for that team anymore.
- tedunangst 9y agoOne of the perks of university is there's hopefully a little more distance between admin and fund raising and research, plus tenure, diverse funding, etc. to counteract exactly this scenario.
- mquander 9y agoWhether or not it's surprising is immaterial to whether or not it's good.
- ProAm 9y agoIt's going to be a long list if we discuss all the things Google does as 'good' or 'bad'.