Freedom of speech means that the government can't put you in jail for your speech. It doesn't mean your employer can't fire you if the speech you make while representing them as part of your job is damaging to the institution.
If a PR spokesperson for a grocery store dropped an N-bomb on national TV and triggered a political backlash, their employer would have every right to fire them on the spot, freedom of speech or no. Freedom of speech is not the right to keep your job in spite of gross incompetence.
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Freedom of speech means that the government can't put you in jail for your speech. It doesn't mean your employer can't fire you if the speech you make while representing them as part of your job is damaging to the institution.
If a PR spokesperson for a grocery store dropped an N-bomb on national TV and triggered a political backlash, their employer would have every right to fire them on the spot, freedom of speech or no. Freedom of speech is not the right to keep your job in spite of gross incompetence.
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