[lentulusgracchus]

As an owner of a business I would fire any employee who made those comments while wearing articles indicating their employ by my company.

Then you are part of the problem and deserve to burn in the hottest chambers of hell.

You know better.

[Smokin' Joe]

As an owner of a business I would fire any employee who made those comments while wearing articles indicating their employ by my company.

Then you are part of the problem and deserve to burn in the hottest chambers of hell.

As a business owner, you are within your rights to require employees to be apolitical while displaying company logos and while on the clock. Just make it a well-known policy of the company.

Many consider someone wearing 'official' company stuff to be acting as a spokesperson, (official or otherwise) for the company, and in many businesses, politics do not apply.

Then it is up to employees to decide whether they want to work under those constraints.

Some businesses, it is better to leave politics out of the workplace.

[ExpatGator]

Seriously?

Think about it. Would the average person think well of my business if someone was wearing a badge from my biz and spouting obnoxious crud in public.

It would reflect badly on my biz and undermine MY good reputation, which was earned through hard work and integrity.

That said, I think that the same employee, not on company time or in a co. vehicle, uniform or identifiable as an employee of mine, has the right to say whatever he feels about whatever he wants.