Jul. 5th, 2019

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... or "that phrase doesn't mean what you think it does"

With all the fuss about law enforcement and now Borer Patrol posts of a very racist and bigoted sort, we're seeing people worried about freedom of speech.

What people need to understand is that freedom of speech says that the government can't stop you from saying things.

It does *not* say that there won't be consequences for what you say. If that was true, libel and slander wouldn't exist.

So you are allowed to say racist and bigoted things. And people are allowed to decide that those things make you unfit for your job.

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