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You are completely wrong on your interpretation of the first amendment. We have been over this, on this board, so many times I am not going to repeat it other then to say, the NFL protests are not protected speech.We can make up whatever we think the constitution says to fit our bias. But if an employer fires an employee for peacefully expressing their first amendment rights, that business is going to court and will probably end up paying a steep price.
Probably. And that's a screwed up, inside-out implementation of the First Amendment. It's not protecting anyone's rights and is actually violating the employer's rights. An employer firing someone for expressing opinions they disagree with is no different than an employee quitting because their employer express opinions they don't agree with. Should that be prohibited as well?
The employer or anyone else does not have the right to impede or suppress free speech. If the owners would fire people for this it has to be for the reason the protest is being held not for what is being perceived. The protest here is not a protest of the fucking flag or national anthem. The protest here is about police brutality and racial injustice. I can't fire you for what you are not doing. I have been an employer fool, and if you fire someone for something they are not doing, your business is in deep shit trouble. So until you actually learn and understand why this protest is actually being done, you really shouldn't be making comments on what should be done.
Learn this too, these teams and owners are members of the NFL. As such they are bound by NF policy. At least check the NFL had no policy pertaining to players conduct during the national anthem. The players are protected by the NFLPA and as such there are binding agreements owners must follow that are agreed to by owners and players. So owners can't just do what they want.
This is not moms and pops store we are talking about..
It actually is protected speech. But it's only protected from government censure. That means government can't make a law against kneeling during the national anthem. But that doesn't mean anyone else must accommodate the kneeling. eg. It doesn't protect the jobs of the kneelers.