Acts like an insensitive jerk. Gets fired.

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HellaCheeseCurds on June 8th, 2020 at 03:45 UTC »

The title is misleading, he is still the fire chief. He was removed from a state commission by the governor.

bluekirara on June 8th, 2020 at 12:21 UTC »

Any sort of government job usually has a zero tolerance policy for threatening violence. He was forewarned. This was preventable if he had even a lick of sense.

Moxie_Cillin on June 8th, 2020 at 15:11 UTC »

All I'm seeing in these comments is people not understanding that freedom of speech does not mean freedom from consequences. You are free to say whatever the fuck you want, and people are free to act accordingly to that, including your place of work.

In this case this man expressed himself with a t-shirt, which he is allowed to do and did! That's freedom of speech;he wasn't arrested for it. However, his place of employment decided that those very public views did not align with their own and thus he was fired. That's not denying him his right to express those views. That's the equivalent of you wanting to avoid your overly touchy uncle Jimmy at family gatherings because he won't stop rubbing up against you (sorry just finished a Scrubs marathon).

Edit: fixed some mistypes.

Edit 2: Because the t-shirt can be seen as inciting,or calling for violence, it is not protected speech, hence the consequences.