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Musk offers to pay legal bills of people ‘unfairly treated’ for posting on platform
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 06 Aug 2023
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Perhaps he's forgotten that free speech means you're free to say whatever you want, but you're not free from the repercussions. Especially in all the "at will" employee states.
This is so stupid.
"At will" is pure conservative bullshit, right down to the name being a lie that makes "fired for illegal reasons but wink wink doesn't count" harmful to even discuss.
No relation to Musk's stupidity. Just picking a nit.
That's exactly what I mean. Employees in At Will states can legally be fired for anything short of violations of protected classes, so I'm not sure how he's expecting to win here.
Musk’s philosophy is apparently: if it’s not okay to fire someone for being trans, a woman or for their race, why is it okay to fire someone for being anti-trans, misogynistic or racist?
That goes for every other state also soooo...?
Stupid? Definitely. A play out of Trump's playbook? Kinda. Normally Trump is the one that gets sued.
They will probably look to get small to mid size employers to settle in order to avoid a costly legal battles. Although I wouldn't be surprised if this is all just a ploy to keep his fanboys in line.
He has never faced any consequences for anything. He didn't forget that, it's never applied to him.
Forgot? He never knew.
He knows exactly what free speech means. But now he releases he may be able to make more money if people didn't have it.