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Subject: Re: Microsoft workers say they?ve been fired after protest over Israel contract (was: Microsoft workers say =?UTF-8?B?dGhlecKSdmU=?= been fired after protest over Israel contract)
Date: 8 Apr 2025 23:21:21 GMT
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On Tue, 08 Apr 2025 16:18:00 -0400, Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> wrote in
<l21bvj9qkje2e55k0paae9vrjo5b3f2ja5@4ax.com>:

> Johnny LaRue <xxxxxx@yyyyyy.zzz> wrote:
> 
>>> https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/microsoft-workers-say-
theyve-been-fired-after-protest-over-israel-contract/
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Use Linux.
>>
>>Or maybe just don't publicly accuse the company you work for of crimes.
>>These idiots deserved to be fired.
>>
>>No, this is not a "freedom of speech" issue.  First, no one stopped them
>>from saying what they wanted to say.
>>
>>Second, freedoom of speech does not even apply here. Feel free to look
>>up what "freedom of speech" actually means. And more importantly, where
>>it applies. Hint: Microsoft is not a government, and where these fools
>>opened their yaps was not public property.
> 
> 
> OK, but still, they had a valid point, and I'm saying fuck M$ for
> helping the Kikeland regime.

The bigoted ethnic slur is uncalled-for.

Furthermore, the horrific actions of Israel as a country are against
the desires of many Jewish people.  Lumping them in together is a common
mistake, one I wouldn't have expected you to make.

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