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    James Damore, the Google employee fired for his anti-diversity manifesto, is (almost certainly) not a victim of a free-speech violation

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    Sorry pal but your firing from Google was not a violation of your First Amendment right. You were on company time, used a company computer, and used an internal company mailing list to voice your “manifesto” which gave Google every right to fire you – PB/TK 

    James Damore, the Google employee fired for his anti-diversity manifesto, is (almost certainly) not a victim of a free-speech violation – By Jim Edwards / Aug 8 2017

    James Damore, the Google employee fired Monday for publishing a 10-page anti-diversity manifesto, almost certainly has not had his First Amendment free-speech rights infringed. If he sues Google – which Reuters reports he is considering – he will almost certainly lose, unless he can find a court willing to create a new free speech right for American workers.

    This morning, the alt-right corners of the internet are rallying to Damore’s cause. He is a shining example of how the left bans certain conservative ideas and punishes people for trying to discuss them openly, they say. It is outrageous that someone can lose their job simply for disagreeing with the politics of their liberal employer, they wail. “I have a legal right to express my concerns about the terms and conditions of my working environment and to bring up potentially illegal behavior, which is what my document does,” Damore told the New York Times.

    Continue to businessinsider.com article: http://www.businessinsider.com/james-damore-google-anti-diversity-manifesto-free-speech-2017-8

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