Thank you, JParks. So many fucktards get the first amendment wrong. Any time somebody gets in trouble for something they said, someone cries “what about the first amendment!?” It only deals with government censorship, which very few public figures ever deal with (Eminem, Howard Stern)
The guy saying he wouldn’t support orders that he felt violated the sovereignty of the American people? Yea, he shouldn’t have been dismissed. I know there are limits to free speech but the idea that he can’t criticize the president is really stupid, and opens us up to the “I was only following orders” slippery slope.
I agree. It doesn’t seem right. You just have to view it as an enlisted and saying that equivocates into you saying that about your boss at work. Commander in Chief for him is the same as your CEO.
If I bad mouth my boss at a privately owned company, they have every right to shitcan me. This isn’t a privately owned company though, it’s the government. They are dismissing a man for expressing his views about his government and President. I understand there’s a chain of command that needs to be followed, but where is the line? I think it’s pretty telling that both the Tea Party and ACLU are getting involved in Stein’s defense.
Anything that hurts Miami professional sports teams. TFM.
13 years ago at 2:50 pmHAVING AN OPINION. NF.
13 years ago at 3:10 pmThe first amendment of the United States tells us a different story.
13 years ago at 3:15 pmFirst Amendment doesn’t stop employers from punishing employees.
It’s Miami. This would be like Joe Girardi saying “you know, al-Qaeda’s not THAT bad.”
13 years ago at 3:22 pmThank you, JParks. So many fucktards get the first amendment wrong. Any time somebody gets in trouble for something they said, someone cries “what about the first amendment!?” It only deals with government censorship, which very few public figures ever deal with (Eminem, Howard Stern)
13 years ago at 4:32 pmFraterier sympathizing with Cuban boys. NF
13 years ago at 8:00 pmDeporting Ozzie Guillen for saying he respects Castro. TFM.
13 years ago at 3:22 pmThe First Amendment only covering English. TFM
13 years ago at 3:27 pmRespecting castro, NF
13 years ago at 3:42 pmSmoking cubans, tfm
Cubans suck now. Go smoke some Nicaraguans or Hondurans.
13 years ago at 4:58 pm^True.
13 years ago at 5:08 pm^^Ah yes.
13 years ago at 9:32 pmPeople that think this is a first amendment issue are idiots. Sgt. Gary Stein getting dismissed from the Marines, on the other hand…
13 years ago at 3:49 pmThe guy saying he wouldn’t support orders that he felt violated the sovereignty of the American people? Yea, he shouldn’t have been dismissed. I know there are limits to free speech but the idea that he can’t criticize the president is really stupid, and opens us up to the “I was only following orders” slippery slope.
13 years ago at 3:57 pmI agree. It doesn’t seem right. You just have to view it as an enlisted and saying that equivocates into you saying that about your boss at work. Commander in Chief for him is the same as your CEO.
13 years ago at 6:59 pmIf I bad mouth my boss at a privately owned company, they have every right to shitcan me. This isn’t a privately owned company though, it’s the government. They are dismissing a man for expressing his views about his government and President. I understand there’s a chain of command that needs to be followed, but where is the line? I think it’s pretty telling that both the Tea Party and ACLU are getting involved in Stein’s defense.
13 years ago at 7:23 pmOzzie Guillen gets suspended for admiring Castro for his resiliency, but Obama gets a presidency for admiring Castro’s policies.
13 years ago at 3:58 pm^Romney 2012
13 years ago at 4:18 pm^
13 years ago at 10:03 pmThis fucking guy
I get the whole 1st amendment argument. Between Obama or Guillen, Ozzie Guillen for President.
13 years ago at 10:17 amCommunist sympathizers should be banned from baseball by the commissioner’s office. That pinko bullshit has no place in America’s pastime.
13 years ago at 4:54 pmThe only good communist is a dead communist. No, really. The only good communist is a dead communist.
13 years ago at 6:08 pmI can’t believe they let any of you fuckers vote. No wonder Obama’s president.
13 years ago at 6:53 pm