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PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat to Politics@beehaw.org · 3 months ago

Government Workers Cannot Be Fired for Their Political Views

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Government Workers Cannot Be Fired for Their Political Views

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PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat to Politics@beehaw.org · 3 months ago
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The First Amendment forbids widespread loyalty purges.
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  • Kwakigra@beehaw.org
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    Odd phrasing in the title. Of course they can. They can do anything. They understand that the real question is what anyone is going to do about it when they break the law.

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      Yeah, laws don’t really have any basis in reality when the current administration treats the like concepts of a plan.

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    It’s cute that people think The Constitution still holds sway.

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    …unless they’re in a country with corrupt leaders.

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    Trump: “Challenge Accepted.”

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    Sure, but stop paying them and they won’t come to work.

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