How on earth would being registered at Free Republic ever become known to a prospective employer?
“How on earth would being registered at Free Republic ever become known to a prospective employer?”
If you say you don’t in writing on an application and they find out later, lets say they look at your internet use, or they hear you mention “well, I posted that on FR”, you can get canned for lying on your application.
If you have a TS clearance and they ask, you say no, then later you get that as a polygraph question, you are toast.
Basically if you lie you might get caught lying.
Monthly donor? If somehow they audit your credit card bill (happens for some clearances and the thread article is for the Corrections Department) you’ll get caught.
After this, they do a lie detector test. If your lie detector test comes back that you've been deceptive in answering questions on your application, they will dismiss you from the hiring process. You're living in the old world. If you apply with a governmental agency now, you're a suspect. They want your bank account numbers, your investment portfolio, all groups to which you belong, and dozens of other pieces of information. According to EEOC, they're not supposed to ask about your family, but I know of many agencies that ask if you are divorced, and if you are divorced, they want the contact information for your ex-spouse. If you decline to answer any questions, you are removed from consideration, and if you come back as being deceptive on the lie detector test, you are also dismissed from consideration.