The caveats to 1) and 2) are that you don’t do it in uniform or in an official military capacity. Individuals can have and express opinions. If I get on the news in uniform and do it, then there’s a real problem there.
Unless your name is Watada, of course.
This wasn't about the Hatch Act. He was seriously nervous about trying to express an official position with which he was having a hard time. Also, he didn't make any effort to say it was a written position, a position passed by congress, a position endorsed by courts -- nothing like that. He just said (pretty much) if you're smart, you'll just keep your opinions to yourself.
Correct, but it also depends on the double standards of the day. I mean, without Double Standards, liberals would have no standards at all.
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