“My concern is we are seeing the rise of the Thought Police...”
It is a legitimate concern. I wish I knew the answer. Maybe employers need to recognize that very few boycotts based on the political views of an employee will work, and to tell social media types to shut the hell up? Maybe simply posting on the company website:
“Our employees are free to disagree with us and we feel free to disagree with them - but we don’t fire people for disagreeing with us!”
Imagine if this had happened after the Tea Party rallies.