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by cauch 20 days ago
You understand that there is a difference between just expressing your opinion in a normal way, and, on purpose, creating confrontational situations, right?

This guy is totally free to say he hates organised religion. He is not free to be a prick and go out of his way to try to get into a confrontation.
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drstewart 20 days ago
>He is not free to be a prick and go out of his way to try to get into a confrontation.

You mean like saying at work you hate all organised religions, unprompted, like OP wants to do?

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cauch 20 days ago
Why do you say OP wants that?

They said:

> I can say "I'm an atheist and I hate organised religion" without losing my job.

It did not say they say it at work, or unprompted.

I think in US, if you mention it in a discussion on this subject at the water cooler between friends, it can have an impact on your work, you need to be careful (but I will not die on this hill, I don't think it's the important point anyway). The spirit of OP was about "talking about it", in a "normal way", I don't understand why you are saying that it is impossible to say you hate all organised religions without doing it unprompted or confrontationally.

As for the video, come on, you really don't see the problem? Police usually are drilled to arrest people who can inflame the situation, and this is why they are acting here. I even wonder if it was not the goal of the guy in the first place, to generate clicks and arguing "see, we cannot express ourselves anymore".

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drstewart 20 days ago
HR is usually drilled to fire people who can generate bad publicity, and that's why they are acting in OP's situation.

Free speech preserved!

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cauch 20 days ago
How is that free speech when you are fired for your opinion?

If you are fired because you are not "a pretty girl" and the argument is "the public prefer pretty girls, so we do it to increase sales", it is still discrimination, it is still sexist. It does not matter if you blame it on someone else: if you fire someone because of their opinion, you are discriminating. If the fact that someone has an opinion costs you some money, then it costs you some money, your financial profit is not important, you are not the centre of the universe, and if you act to preserve your profit over the fairness and justice, then you are just a parasite that should be excluded from a civilised society.

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