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Re:SpaceX said to fire employees involved in letter rebuking... by res0nat0r on Friday June 17, 2022 @03:01PM (#31782775)
To be fair though, Elon is in no way a "free speech absolutist", he just plays one on Twitter because he wants to freely manipulate the market to line his pockets, but still won't tolerate people critical of him.
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Re:SpaceX said to fire employees involved in letter rebuking... by meatsauce on Friday June 17, 2022 @03:58PM (#31783464)
This is nonsense.

You cannot compare at-will employment with public speech within the letter of the law.

Simplified:

Woke Cancer Culture != Protected Class

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Re:SpaceX said to fire employees involved in letter rebuking... by res0nat0r on Friday June 17, 2022 @04:11PM (#31783636)
Referring to people or anything you don't like as "woke cancer culture" pretty much causes everyone to ignore anything you have to say.
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Re:SpaceX said to fire employees involved in letter rebuking... by shadowpho on Friday June 17, 2022 @07:39PM (#31785872)
Conservative posting on twitter != Protected Class
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