Teachers, firefighters and military personnel among those who lost jobs after posting their opinion on social media

Reactions on social media to the murder of far-right activist Charlie Kirk have cost multiple people their jobs as authorities in numerous states clamp down on critical commentary.

Among those to have been fired, suspended or censured in recent days for their opinions include teachers, firefighters, journalists, politicians, a secret service employee and a worker for a prominent NFL team.

The dismissals come as the administration of Donald Trump promises to take action against foreign nationals it deems to be “praising, rationalizing or making light of” Kirk’s killing, himself a fervent free speech advocate.

  • DominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    You could have expressed your opinion without including the insulting (and completely wrong) assumptions about me. But you chose not to. Cheers!

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      2 days ago

      I made zero assumptions about you, my comment was objectively very generalized, but if you took it personally, that’s on you and how you choose to take even mildly, distantly opposing views and maybe you should work on that.

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        1 day ago

        Ya’ll either haven’t worked in a real job or are very young

        Implying people who haven’t worked in corporate america haven’t worked a “real job”