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Several people fired after clampdown on speech over Charlie Kirk shooting (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 4 months ago by Powderhorn@beehaw.org to c/usnews@beehaw.org

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What a time to be alive. We ignore the deaths of kids but celebrate Nazis.

Reactions on social media to the murder of far-right activist Charlie Kirk have cost multiple people their jobs as authorities in numerous states clamp down on critical commentary.

Among those to have been fired, suspended or censured in recent days for their opinions include teachers, firefighters, journalists, politicians, a secret service employee and a worker for a prominent NFL team.

The dismissals come as the administration of Donald Trump promises to take action against foreign nationals it deems to be “praising, rationalizing or making light of” Kirk’s killing, himself a fervent free speech advocate.

Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary, meanwhile, has ordered staff “to find and identify military members, and any individual associated with the Pentagon, who have mocked or appeared to condone Charlie Kirk’s murder”, NBC News reported Friday.

🎶 O'er the land of the free ... 🎶

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[–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 3 points 3 months ago

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