Don't know that laws matter anymore but firing someone based on sexual orientation is illegal.
Since when has that stopped to the Trump administration from doing anything?
True. Okay SCROTUS, time to lick boots again.
This is more of a first amendment violation
Why not both.
You don't need to be gay to fly a rainbow flag
Laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation also cover perceived orientation.
Sure, but the justification used for firing was the display of the flag (speech), not perceived orientation. That may have been their real reason, but even their cover story was illegal
It was also during Biden's presidency, when there weren't any prohibitions on that. So there could be an argument that the stated reason was not the real reason. Not sure how well it would hold, but it is a thing
Another lawsuit would be appropriate.
if you are queer in the states and you think it is a good idea to work for the slave catchers, uh, it isn't
The letter cited President Donald Trump’s Article II powers under the Constitution to dismiss federal agency career personnel, a justification used in several recent firings at the Department of Justice and FBI.
Governing by presidential decree is as close as you can get to absolute monarchy - or, let's called it as it is, fascist tyranny - in this country. And they already started dismantling the last remaining obstacles. As he himself said "if you vote for me you'll never have to vote again".
The terminations are currently being challenged in several lawsuits.
Good.
This shit is horrible, but it gets worse. People are dying from this regime.
So when does Kash's skin tone become an inappropriate political display?
Imagine being fired by a deer forever caught in headlights.
They were going to do it anyway, this is not the fault of the shit down
it’s political to acknowledge that ppl different than you exist to republicans
Kash Patel felt threatened because the FBI trainee was more qualified to run things.
Wrongful termination, much, Mr. Patel?
Fascists are the weakest form of snowflake.
Soooo much winning everywhere!
While I think this government is loaded with pedophile scum and they should all be shot out of a canon into the sun, I don't think this is a first amendment rights violation.
If the person in question had been fired for hanging a pride flag in his apartment window, that would be a violation of his first amendment rights. However putting it on his desk in a federal office building is different.
The federal government shouldn't be seen as endorsing any particular view. Unfortunately, if some homophobic dickhead needs to talk to an agent, they shouldn't be concerned about whether the agent will treat them differently.
The scum running the FBI likely wouldn't care if someone was displaying a Nazi flag on their desk, but they'd probably be forced to respond.
Or maybe not.
Acknowledging people exist isn't political. Regressives act like it is, but it isn't.
A pride flag on a desk is like having pictures of your kids on your desk.
A pride flag on your desk, during the Biden administration, ages ago, apparently is, for Mr. Patel.
Acknowledging people exist isn't political.
It would be much a nicer world to live in if that was true.
EVERYTHING is political, and we live in a world where fascists make existence a political issue.
The comparison to a Nazi flag is absurd. A better comparison would be if an agent had a straight price flag on their desk. And no, the agent would not have lost their job under this regime for such a display.
I wasn't really intending to suggest it was equivalent. I was just thinking of something we could almost universally agree shouldn't be permitted... but probably would be by the current administration.
In effect, I was reaching for the absurd. If it was a free speech issue, then a Nazi flag would be just as protected.
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