Firefighter suspended after allegedly saying he would rather 'save a dog than a million n*****s from a fire'
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While I would agree that the firefighter's comment was racist, stupid, ridiculous, etc, the comments were Constitutionally protected. Somehow we have forgotten that extremely important point.
If he refused to rescue a person from a fire, or refused to participate in doing his job and putting out a house fire because of the person's race, he should be fired immediately, but he should not be facing any repercussions from his expression of his personal beliefs.
Freedom of Speech is exactly that. Suspending him is unconstitutional and a much more serious, even treasonous act.
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You make a good point, freedom of speech is more important than the objectionable opinions of one bigot and there is no freedom from being offended .. or at least shouldn't be as that is the thin end of a far more troubling wedge.
Oh 1 other thing- this is tagged as UK but its just a UK paper reporting a US story so a bit misleading at first glance
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