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Originally Posted by Grapesoda
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Free speech is not absolute speech. As has been pointed out on this board numerous times in the McDonald's/minimum wage threads having a job is a privilege not a right.
If you say something that people don't agree with they have they have the right to say so. If your action cause harm to a company (be it by saying something publicly, fucking up at your job, stealing from them etc) they have the right to fire you.
Freedom of speech does not mean you can say whatever you want and keep your job. It also doesn't mean you can say whatever you want with no consequences. It means that that the government will not persecute you for speaking your mind.