re: Don't make political statements in the workplace

To me there is a hierarchy:

-Government censorship of an individual's opinion- BOO, everyone thinks this is bad.

-Business's censorship of an individual's political opinion outside of work- BOO, this is bad. Censorship is not even the right word, but "firing or other retaliation because of" is too wordy.

-Business's censorship of a high profile employee's political opinion outside of work- Like a CEO or someone else frequently in the public eye. Hmm, I can kinda sorta understand this but if often seems to break against conservatives more than liberals.

-Business's censorship of an employee's political opinion during work- Most people would be OK with this.

-Business's censorship of a high profile employee's political opinion during work expressed through in a very divisive manner (like kneeling during the anthem)-seems like a no brainer.


The big countervailing force is how valuable that employee is. They might be justified in firing an employee, but may choose not to because they score 3 TD's a game (or is the only person who understands the accounting system).