[TopQuark]

"Any employer" generally does not include the government That is, unfortunately, wrong prima facie.

or it's jackbooted thugs.

And this is nothing short of pathetic.

Although federal employees have much more dramatic "on the job" free speech rights than any other category of workers in the country, state employees are not far behind. Why do you insist on stating as facts something that you've never heard of and never read?

You cannot apply private sector standards to this situation.

I did not. Reread the post.

If management wants to "protect" the delicate sensibilities of clients visiting the site, they can set up a public access workstation however they wish.

Your world appears to be that of an IT worker. You should get out more often. Visit a bookstore and get yourself some paperback on management of economics.

clients (not "customers" PULEEEZE)

Once again you scream that you have never even opened a book on economics, management, or English.

Buy a book. It's a good investment.

[muawiyah]

Several decades working INSIDE the government (collecting bills for it for several years if you want to know where I get my expertise in "jack bootedness"), plus winning a couple of precedental civil service cases (with the then brand new MSPB), has demonstrated to me that government employees have greater free speech rights in their work place than do private sector employees in their work places.

There might be some exceptions, but they are few!

Now, what was it you were trying to say?