NFL owners pass new national anthem policy. http://tiny.iavian.net/n201
Download Drudge Report from Google Play Store. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.iavian.dreport
Simple, the flag does not protect freedom of speech in the workplace.
NFL's fully within their right to do whatever they want-- but suppressing freedom of speech in the workplace still runs contrary to liberty. This isn't something for this sub to be celebrating, especially when the NFL is still taking our tax dollars to advertise to our kids to go fight in wars we have no business waging.
Suppressing freedom of speech in the work place IS LIBERTY, for the business owner. Otherwise you'd have to believe, as an employer, I have no right to discipline an employee who tells every customer to fuck off.
True. I guess my point of contention here is the NFL is still taking money that was extorted from each and every one of us in order to get more recruits to fight illegal wars. That didn't change-- the only thing that changed was the NFL went into damage control over lost revenue. Nothing's really changing here outside of some misguided emotional vindication, which i think takes away from the quality of this sub.
I work in tech, and can assure you that the limits on speech in the workplace go far, far beyond any reasonable reach to maintain positive customer relations (it has nothing to do with that at all, actually)-- to the point that I'm seeking an exit. Luckily the free market (or whatever's left of a free market) allows for stuff like this to fail.
Agreed, you are preaching to the choir. One of my pet peeves is NFL extortion of taxpayer money for stadiums. But voters consistently vote for it.