[unabirra]

Only if the post praises BLM and criticizes MAGA... Lots of people have lost their jobs (and even dropped from public funded colleges) because of this. Not sure if you are really not aware of this, or if your comment is not in good faith.

[CraigJPerry]

Is that true?

I had a quick search and i only found one case - a Michael J Dale covered in various outlets alleging dismissal for MAGA support back in 2018. However, i cant find that the case actually went to court. It appears Michael has decided against testing his claim in court?

I can find some cases for the opposite - dismissal for criticising president Trimp:

Jeff Klinzman had his day in court and was awarded a payout.

Rob Rogers didn’t go through courts but former employer on record in the Guardian newspaper confirming reason for his dismissal was his criticism of trump.

Craig Silverman again didn’t go via courts but his previous employer confirmed the reason for his shows termination.

Allegations that don’t appear to have gone to court yet:

Dr. Bandy Lee (2020) Gabriel Noronha (2020)

[bmn__]

> I had a quick search and i only found one case

Cases (as in court cases) are just the easily visible tip of the iceberg. We do not see the aggrieved who did not make their story public for whatever reason.

[ipnon]

MAGA proponents are not fools and know when to keep their opinions to themselves, I've noticed. My last company was openly hostile to the last President as a matter of informal policy, and there was much polite nodding in supposed agreement.

[josephtill]

> Only if the post praises BLM and criticizes MAGA... Lots of people have lost their jobs (and even dropped from public funded colleges) because of this.

I've never heard of such a thing. Could you give a specific example of these "lots of people"?

[emn13]

Additionally, this framing - of MAGA vs. BLM - is also unreasonable. Hiring processes are by design discriminatory; people don't just hire at random. There's no reason to assume public statements by a candidate that appear to fall in a pro-BLM bucket would be as attractive to the hiring process as statements that fall in a MAGA bucket would be unattractive; those two things likely have nothing to do with each other when it comes to hiring.

In other words, regardless of actually instances of discrimination, this framing looks chosen to try and create or sustain the so-called culture war.

[ipnon]

My intention was to show how diametric political frameworks are allowed to exist simultaneously in the US. Most people fall somewhere between.

[luckylion]

Troll accounts are annoying.