Freedom of speech means you won’t be legally prosecuted for what you say. Getting fired because you won’t stop talking about politics isn’t a free speech issue - it’s just a consequence of being insufferable to the point where no one wants to be around you. What's the common denominator among all the people you've ran into this issue with? You are.
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Know what's insufferable. People who just sit about while authoritarians run a muck.
"We have to do something. Talking about politics constantly is something so therefor we need to constantly talk about politics"
How many minds have you actually changed? Looking at your responses here it seems like you're just throwing stones.
If one hits thats 10 points.
"freedom of speech" means the government can't arrest you for your views. It doesn't mean the rest of us have to listen...
Your silence is deafening why should I have to tolerate it?
When everyone sucks but you, it's almost ALWAYS you that sucks.
This one's clear as day.
Ok, but what about when everyone else sucks? Like I didn't let an oligarch conman into the white house? Are you saying I'm just so shitty they put trump in place to spite me?
I guess you just owned the libs. Good job.
God damn who pissed in your Cheerios? Listen I am all for freedom of speech. I believe it is unbelievably important to maintain a free society.
HOWEVER
When you are at work unless your job is to shout about politics you should probably shut the fuck up. The people paying your paycheck do not wanna hear that shit and even if they do your coworkers might not.
There is a time and place.
Look how big that 'however' is. Definitely don't have an agenda here.
Yeah my agenda is keeping my fuckin job you goof.
Why's that more important then the health of our nation?!
Maybe try shutting up about politics? Work isn't really the forum for that generally although it can depend on your relationship with your colleagues. If you want to talk politics try doing it with other people you have a closer relationship with, nobody owes you a forum for political discussion.
Work, the place you go to serve the coperate overlords, isn't political? If the corporations don't care about politics why is it so important to protect their speech in the form of money?
This whole manner of engaging in a discussion is just really annoying and most people probably won't find it worth their time to engage with you, let alone people who just want to do their jobs. Maybe spend some time learning about how to engage with people productively or you'll be in for a bad time whenever you step outside your echo chamber.
Sorry concern for someone other then you and your job annoys you.
Sorry people aren't receptive to your mental jerk off sessions at work then I guess.
Oh, I'm jerking off now. Got it. All political speech is self serving, got it. You though. You're a man of the people.
You can discuss politics, but the way you're writing makes it sound like you're preaching at your coworkers. People tend not to respond very well to being told how to think, even if you're right. Perhaps you're wasting your energy and risking your job when you could be organizing a club after work hours instead? If you really hate your bosses though, you have two choices: quit or organize a union (which might be right up your alley from how you're talking)
I'm just asking for a culture change. We've let the racist make everything so toxic that having reasonable political positions isn't possible anymore. Now things are hot and they want us all to hold the coals while keeping quiet. Just so I don't offend racist bob over there.
Did the thought ever occur that you might be the problem?
That's a lot for one man to bare but honestly, yes, I do this all the time, it's called reflection.