[quote]angry chicken wrote:
People are talking about “Free Speech” - she wasn’t arrested, charged or encumbered by the government in any way, so her right of “free speech” is intact. However the Constitution does not have “guaranteed employment” in the Bill of Rights. Particularly when someone acts foolishly and disrespects veterans.
Was it funny? Perhaps in a juvenile “jack-assesque” way one might find humor there. I personally don’t. But in today’s intolerant, PC world, she should have known better.[/quote]
I have a clause in my contract stating that if I do something that could bring my company into disrepute, they can dismiss me on the spot. Even goes into social media and whatnot.
Maybe someone here would know better than I but freedom of speech was originally intended for political and maybe even artistic expression and there is a time and place clause added in, as far as I know. She was in a place where her actions could have been provocative, imagine if some veterans had seen her, therefore couldn’t she have been charged with disturbing the peace?
[quote]SexMachine wrote:
I don’t which reflects more on her stupidity; doing it in the first place or posting a picture of herself doing it on the internet.[/quote]
The latter is waaay stupider. I have done stupid things, but there are no pictures. If there were, it could have caused me issues.
The title is a bit misleading as is the title on the link. She does not appear to be flipping of the tomb itself but doing exactly the opposite of what the sign states. The sign says “Silence and Respect” and she is pretending to shout and show a typically disrespectful gesture. With regards to her getting fired, well you need to be careful in this day an age what you put online.
Doesn’t seem like the image was really even directed at the tomb itself or soldiers for that matter but supposed to be an attempt at tongue in cheek humor (like smoking next to a no smoking sign). Granted it was poor judgement, failed attempt at humor.
Main thing is that if she was on a employer paid trip and thne posted this on the web she should know better, nowadays most of us are held to a higher standard of representation of our professional selves via social media. So you can dress up in your nazi clothes in your free time but once you post that into the public domain, the world gets to see (including your employer). At which time people may decide you aren’t worth being friends with or having you as an extension of their organization is not for them…period.