Mexican Newspaper Shuts Down, Saying It Is Too Dangerous to Continue

Re:Mexican Newspaper Shuts Down, Saying It Is Too Dangerous ... by coredog64 on Monday April 03, 2017 @05:48PM (#14027508)

> You have the right to publish anything you like without fear of retribution from the government or anybody else.

In the US, 1st amendment freedoms only protect against government retribution. There is nothing stopping someone from misinterpreting a tweet and getting you fired, nor is there anything to prevent someone digging up what causes you support outside of work and using that as cause to harass your employer into firing you.

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Re:Mexican Newspaper Shuts Down, Saying It Is Too Dangerous ... by cookiecaper on Monday April 03, 2017 @06:14PM (#14027708)

While true, you are protected from some types of retribution from others. For example, someone cannot kill or rob you because you express an opinion in defiance of the political or religious leadership.

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Re:Mexican Newspaper Shuts Down, Saying It Is Too Dangerous ... by tathougies on Monday April 03, 2017 @06:31PM (#14027847)

You are protected from that regardless of whether you have freedom of speech.

For example, it is illegal to murder an convicted felon serving time in prison, even though such a person doesn't have the same guarantee of freedom of speech.

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Re:Mexican Newspaper Shuts Down, Saying It Is Too Dangerous ... by komali2 on Monday April 03, 2017 @06:31PM (#14027844)

Well, in my country, it's illegal to kill and rob people at all, so what's the different in your country?

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Re:Mexican Newspaper Shuts Down, Saying It Is Too Dangerous ... by Sunset on Tuesday April 04, 2017 @02:25AM (#14030031)

>digging up what causes you support outside of work and using that as cause to harass your employer into firing you.

Tortious interference needs to come back in a big way while Trump is in office. Maybe put some harsh jailtime for it.

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