[Old Teufel Hunden]

"Her comments, although disgraceful, are protected free speech under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution"

I can't stand the ignorance that continually goes on concerning the first amendment. This was never a first amendment issue. The first amendment has to do with the government censuring people of their free speech rights. It has nothing to do with businesses censuring your free speech. It goes on all the time. How many times have people said things on their social media accounts and been fired for it because they brought disgrace and bad media upon the company they work for?

I wonder how all of these "free speech" advocates would have reacted if she had tweeted about Michelle Obama's fat a$$... oh, I guess this particular professor could not comment on that since hers is larger...

[rjsimmon]

The first amendment has to do with the government censuring people of their free speech rights. It has nothing to do with businesses censuring your free speech.

Concur. The same is true for those who continue to claim that the NFL "Kneelers" are exercising their 1st Amendment rights. They are employees and do not have the right to disregard the rules of their employers.