Halp, I'm confused about the free speech rights of all these celebrities, and I'm not sure when its right to fire them or not. Like, I usually go with the idea that, unless you bring direct attention to your work place while being some sort of offensive, its a violation of your free speech to fire you. Trying to expose someone who otherwise tried to keep hidden or keep their business seperate, unless they did something wrong thats relevant to their work, also shouldn't count towards getting them fired.
But, in I think Roseanne did something wrong (she had a free speech right, but the statement was not kosher), and I thought it was okay to fire her as a network decision.
Then Samantha Bee did something wrong and apologized (I thought it was hypocrisy on her part that she apologized for), and I thought that if the network wanted to fire them thats their business (though would rather they did not).
But what about the Ted Nugents (awful) and Kathy Griffins (probably shouldn't have been fired)? And what about that Professor who said stuff about Barbara Bush (also shouldn't be fired)?
And now I feel conflicted. One one hand, I have a belief that free speech with certain conditions overrides the ability to fire people, so they shouldn't be fired. But, certain people, celebrities in this case, did do something offensive as themselves, of their own volition, and in a public space. Yet, I rest easy with one instance, but I'm okay with another, even though I admitted that it wasn't up to "me" in the end whether such people stay employed.