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South Milwaukee dental assistant says she was fired after posting a pro-Trump comment on Facebook
jsonline.com ^ | January 15, 2020 | ERIK S. HANLEY

Posted on 01/16/2020 7:26:34 AM PST by lowbridge

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To: Londo Molari

oh his google reviews are not great! He took down all his social media. Chickenshit. I wanted to see what he looked like.


21 posted on 01/16/2020 7:52:41 AM PST by ronniesgal (so I wonder what his FR handle is????)
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To: lowbridge

Polak denied she was a racist,


22 posted on 01/16/2020 7:54:10 AM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: WellyP

“Take the bastard to the cleaners”!

Yep.

The Left are Tyrants and this is unacceptable.


23 posted on 01/16/2020 7:56:54 AM PST by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: lowbridge

That’s why you don’t link your social media stuff to where you work.

If your “about me” says you work “here” you will become a target.


24 posted on 01/16/2020 7:57:21 AM PST by PeteB570 ( Islam is the sea in which the Terrorist Shark swims. The deeper the sea the larger the shark.)
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To: EinNYC
She should have a very lucrative lawsuit coming from this.

She won't get a dime. The law does not work the way we think it "should", and it is not intended to work that way.

Is this China, where you can’t express your opinion freely any more?

This has been true for quite some time now and the trend is accelerating. One must plan accordingly.

25 posted on 01/16/2020 7:57:57 AM PST by flamberge (The wheels keep turning)
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To: Major Matt Mason

> Sounds like a lawsuit incoming. <

If so, she will lose. The First Amendment protects free speech. But the 1A only protects you against the government. It does not protect you against your employer.

As an extreme example, suppose you work for Ford. And you are standing on a public sidewalk in front of a Ford dealership. And you are holding a sign saying “Ford has bad management.”

The police cannot legally arrest you. That would violate the 1A. But Ford can legally fire you. Heck, Ford can legally fire you for anything you might say.

The only exception would be if you were working under a contract that prohibited such a firing.


26 posted on 01/16/2020 7:58:22 AM PST by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: Londo Molari

His website is now ‘private’...https://www.precisiondentalmke.com/

His Facebook page is broken or removed...https://m.facebook.com/precisiondentalMKE/m

His Google reviews shows lots of 1’s in bar-graph, but no review text below a 5...curious, no?


27 posted on 01/16/2020 7:58:25 AM PST by polymuser (It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and so few by deceit. Noel Coward)
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To: heartwood

Yep, just as I would not want to be forced to retain an employee who made public remarks that substantially disagreed with my values.

A private person or employer should have every right to discriminate in any way they want-—and suffer the consequences of their behavior if people don’t like it.


28 posted on 01/16/2020 7:58:48 AM PST by Manuel OKelley
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To: lowbridge

Those AH’s on FB suspended for a day because I called some islam AH a goat f’r and told him to go kill himself....oh my...how horrible....


29 posted on 01/16/2020 8:02:20 AM PST by 1217Chic
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To: TexasGurl24

“Political belief is not a protected class anywhere. “

Slander, however, is not protected.

Someone lied abut her and said she said racist things.

That someone committed slander.


30 posted on 01/16/2020 8:02:34 AM PST by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
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To: lowbridge

Ok, no Polak jokes.


31 posted on 01/16/2020 8:04:19 AM PST by Boogieman
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To: EinNYC

> This young woman, who was only exercising her rights as an American... <
Not really. Please see my post #26.

> The dentist should be boycotted for their small minded idiocy <

You’ve got that right. A peaceful protest (on a public easement) in front of his office, that would also be appropriate.


32 posted on 01/16/2020 8:06:36 AM PST by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: Jewbacca

The reference to the lawsuit seemed to be regarding suing the employer. Suing a liar for Slander is an option.


33 posted on 01/16/2020 8:15:08 AM PST by TexasGurl24
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To: EinNYC
Is this China, where you can’t express your opinion freely any more?

Actually, it is.

The left has quite successfully implemented Stalinst tactics to destroy the lives of those with whom they disagree politically. This will eventually lead to one of two outcomes:

a) Legal remedies.

b)Violence.

If there isn't a legal way to remedy this situation, for instance, suing the people who dox or file false claims against people to shut down their right to free speech, it will eventually lead to someone tracking down the person or group that got them fired, and there will be violence.

The left is using the tactics of leftist totalitarians. Eventually other tactics, such as those of Mao ("Power comes from the barrel of a gun") will be used against those same leftists. Of course, that's why leftists need to disarm the public, to ensure they stay in power.

Mark

34 posted on 01/16/2020 8:16:25 AM PST by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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To: eyeamok
Isn’t that the Dentist that was infecting his patients with AIDS??

Not only that but he messed up my friend's sister's boyfriend's uncle's ex-wife so bad she has to be fed through a straw -- a PLASTIC one.

35 posted on 01/16/2020 8:18:27 AM PST by PistolPaknMama
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To: lowbridge

I hate people who are sue happy....

but I would sue their @sses off.


36 posted on 01/16/2020 8:19:17 AM PST by Conserv ( b)
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To: Jewbacca

> Someone lied abut her and said she said racist things. That someone committed slander. <

You raise a very interesting point. But even so, I’d hope she would lose any lawsuit. Because if she should win, slander lawsuits would be flying everywhere.

For example:

Me: I think Bernie Sanders would make a great president.
Some Freeper: You must be a communist.
Me: Liar! I am not a communist. You have slandered me, and I am suing.

That would be a frivolous lawsuit. But I would make an exception if the slandered party could show that he was monetarily damaged by the slander.


37 posted on 01/16/2020 8:21:26 AM PST by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: DLfromthedesert

It’s no different than the leftists going after Home Depot for Bernie Marcus’ support of President Trump’s economic policies.

The left is trying to hurt HD because of the founder’s political beliefs, even though he hasn’t been a part of HD for many years. So now, some of them are going after the charities that Bernie supports.

The left is evil.

Mark


38 posted on 01/16/2020 8:22:41 AM PST by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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To: Leaning Right; All

Newsweek article says that according
to CBS58, the business does not
tolerate employee social media posts
that harm the business but also
“”We can confirm, however, that no employee has ever been terminated for their political beliefs or their support or opposition of the President or any political candidate.”

Negative yelp reviews were removed
and facebook page taken down/
went private.


39 posted on 01/16/2020 8:25:29 AM PST by raccoonradio
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To: Leaning Right

“Because if she should win, slander lawsuits would be flying everywhere”

Not really because you have to prove that it resulted in “harm”. This post resulted in harm because she lost her job and her employer said it was because of the review. She has a real case against the poster. She needs to go for it, a good award would help stop this form of hecklers veto.


40 posted on 01/16/2020 8:38:20 AM PST by mistfree (Virginia Freeper)
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