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Originally Posted by Makarov
How has your or anyone's freedom of speech been infringed?
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I'm not suggesting it has been. My original comment in this thread was that even though the incident in the OP was justifiably actionable, we need to be wary of routinely firing or otherwise taking action against people who make offensive or unpopular remarks (the difference between which is often subjective). It seems the scope of acceptable expression in this country is getting narrower and narrower. While most of us can shrug it off when it's racists getting a kicking, this kind of appetite for public shaming is sure to find other targets. Even if you're confident that you have no offensive or unpopular opinions likely to arouse public denunciation today, it's naive to think that can't change, social norms being as fluid as they are.