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Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo by ghort on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @07:01AM (#14956499)
Not sure what you are saying. It is the first amendment that grants the right to fire people you don't agree with. So presumably not everyone agrees on what free speech is.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Amendment_to_the_United_...

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Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo by peacetreefrog on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @10:53AM (#14958371)
I'm saying, free speech (an open exchange of ideas, tolerating views that are sincerely and respectfully made, or at least trying to charitably interpret those views, especially if you think they're wrong) should be something groups of people and organizations aspire to.

The fact many supporters of this guy's firing are treating these principles as technicalities is troubling. The first amendment is a starting point, not a loophole.

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Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo by TheGirondin on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @09:40AM (#14957693)
If you read your own link, you will learn that free speech and the first amendment are not the same thing.
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