Yep, for most people their boss isn’t the government. The government has to guarantee you free speech, but not your private employer. If I was pulling stunts like this my boss would of fired me.
Agree. Especially if my antics were on my bosses time AND if they were adversely affecting my company’s image.
Now, let’s apply the second amendment to this discussion about rights. As a CCW license holder, then I can tell my employer to hack off if his employee manual says I cannot exercise my licensed right.
the other misconception is that there is a contention from the uninformed media, that Trump’s comments imply that he’s against free speech. No one has protection from the “results” of his free speech.
I gather that if you were to take ten of these football players, and ask them why are they taking a knee, you’d probably hear some pretty far out answers.
Imagine what would happen if nurses, flight attendants, construction workers, etc. started mouthing off acting up and not doing their jobs while on the clock.