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"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, a junior strategist at Nasdaq 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.
The outlet, citing two defense department officials, said several members of
the military were relieved of their duties because of social media posts – and
that “dozens” more, including civilian Pentagon employees, had been “called out
on X”.
Along with government efforts to clamp down, a number of conservative figures
and groups are attempting to collate and expose examples of commentary seen as
objectionable.
Others have been subjected to torrents of online abuse or seen their offices
flooded with calls demanding they be fired, part of a surge in rightwing rage
that has followed the killing.
Some Republicans want to go further still and have proposed deporting Kirk’s
critics from the United States, suing them into penury or banning them from
social media for life."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
