Man wins $65K after being fired for refusing to be fingerprinted

Re:Man wins $65K after being fired for refusing to be finger... by thatjamesdude on Monday September 13, 2021 @03:00AM (#28508600)

> Telling people they can have a religion but they can't practice it is as laughabaly silly as telling them they have freedom of speech so long as they don't say undesirable things.

Freedom of Speech != Freedom of Consequence.

Don't care for the rest of the comment because I've come to believe those that can't wrap their heads around the difference between civil and criminal law are not worth talking to about either.

Some might say there's irony in the religious component being mentioned, but I say it is natural. Not many incentives to think critically or against the grain in religion, not surprising it is rare amongst its proponents then.

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Re:Man wins $65K after being fired for refusing to be finger... by Veen on Monday September 13, 2021 @09:52AM (#28511501)

> Freedom of Speech != Freedom of Consequence

This is becoming rather a tedious thought-terminating cliché in some circles. They rarely specify who should determine the consequences and which consequences are acceptable, which is usually exactly what's being discussed.

As in this case, where the discussion is whether losing one's job is an acceptable consequence when your beliefs lead you to action, inaction, or speech someone in power doesn't like.

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Re:Man wins $65K after being fired for refusing to be finger... by elzbardico on Monday September 13, 2021 @04:16PM (#28516272)

Indeed, this was a very common argument by the regime apologists in South American military dictatorships.

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Re:Man wins $65K after being fired for refusing to be finger... by ulucs on Monday September 13, 2021 @10:41AM (#28512114)

>Freedom of Speech != Freedom of Consequence

Ah yes, Godwin's law for the 2020's. So we can fire people for spouting commie propaganda (ie promoting unions) now?

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Re:Man wins $65K after being fired for refusing to be finger... by elzbardico on Monday September 13, 2021 @04:17PM (#28516285)

Why not send them to Gulags. We just need them to know beforehand that some kind of speech have this unfortunate consequence.

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Re:Man wins $65K after being fired for refusing to be finger... by badrabbit on Monday September 13, 2021 @10:38AM (#28512074)

I agree about consequence. Both for speech and religion however, you are protected from and you are free from consequence by the government!

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