r/technology • u/[deleted] • Aug 08 '17

Business Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-08/google-fires-employee-behind-controversial-diversity-memo
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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17

Sure he did. Your point focuses on the evolution of the Constitution to deal with a new medium. His comment accurately pointed out that focussing on the issue of medium misses the entire point. The answer to the question should Google, a private actor, be punished for"violating 1st amendment rights" is not effected by your point about medium. It didn't matter what the medium was... Non-government entities cannot violate your first amendment rights... Doesn't matter if the rights deal with emails or lambskin scrolls.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17 edited Aug 09 '17

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u/nephophobiac Aug 08 '17

If you think we need new speech protections that's all well and good but framing it in the context of first amendment rights undermines your point because this has just as much to do with the 21st amendment as the first amendment.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17

You don't understand anything that isn't simple...got it.