If it’s legal for me to fire someone for any reason, I would fire a person who openly rejoiced Charlie’s murder. I would do that because that person doesn’t have the kind of character that aligns with my business and would likely hurt my business at some point. If you celebrate the death of someone because you don’t agree with their ideology, you are not worth the money I am paying you, even if it’s just a dollar.
The left is angry because they are now being judged by the content of their character and not by the color of their skin.
FredHayek wrote: Should people get fired for online comments that are disrespectful to Charlie Kirk and might even lie about him?
I think Charlie Kirk had a right to speak but I also believe those who hated them should not be fired for exercising their own 1st Amendment rights.
Think of it as a teaching moment Fred. It gives them a chance to reflect and be grateful they did not pay the same price for a free speech that Charlie Kirk did.
If you affiliate yourself with your place of employment for all to see on social media, then that affiliation is present when you say the quiet part out loud on social media as well.
You can be a hate-filled bigot in your private life, as long as you keep it in your private life. Social media is not a private venue, it is a public one, just as a music concert is a public venue.
When two of the top officers of a company engage in behavior which paints the company in a bad light in a public setting, the company has every right to discipline those employees for that behavior. So, too, in the case of a public celebration of a political assassination. When your employer is dragged into the mud along with you, the company has not only the right, but the obligation to the rest of its employees and its investors, to discipline you for your behavior.
