AIBU to think public racist / anti immigrant / anti trans posts can justify dismissal?

No I'm not but I have eyes and ears. Are you Muslim?

I'm retired now, but worked for an organisation that was shit hot about all sorts of equality issues for 20 years.

There was a clause in all employment contracts about not engaging in activity that could bring the organisation into disrepute when I started there in the early noughties, and a few years later they introduced a social media policy that covered this sort of stuff.

I'm sure that cases like this would lead to disciplinary action there.

It could also be a disciplinary matter if you repeatedly misgendered a trans colleague; that was included in the Equalities policy around 15 years ago.

She pleaded guilty to the offence, based on the advice she received.

Actually, it falls under the scope of what you are arguing about. Either aggressive, violent threats of abuse are sackable offenses or not, surely it shouldn’t matter who they are against.

Anti-trans often means stating that biological sex is immutable and that women (adult human females) should have single sex spaces and services like rape crisis and domestic abuse support. The attacks by Amnesty on Beira’s Place show just how distorted this narrative is. Please don’t link “anti-trans” in with racism and anti-immigration. And yes, if I’d said at work 2 years ago that I thought people could not change sex and that services should be single sex, I would have expected to be disciplined. Someone in my organisation lost their job for liking JKR tweets on X. If that’s ok, then something is very seriously wrong.

Btw do the FSU ever represent, eg, SWP supporters? They only seem to cover cases if people on the right.

I don't think it's the far right that have been making Jews feel unsafe over the last 3 years.

Btw do the FSU ever represent, eg, SWP supporters? They only seem to cover cases if people on the right.

Are you Jewish and speaking of your own experience?

I think someone who was a Reform Councillor would face more scrutiny from their employers than someone who was a Councillor for a far left group, especially if they were a social worker, teacher, health care professional etc.

People should be able to join and campaign for lawful parties without their employers having anything to do with it. Otherwise we don't have a democracy.

I'm a member of the Free Speech Union and their lawyers are fighting multiple cases of people having been sacked for their political views.

I don't think it's the far right that have been making Jews feel unsafe over the last 3 years.

I think someone who was a Reform Councillor would face more scrutiny from their employers than someone who was a Councillor for a far left group, especially if they were a social worker, teacher, health care professional etc.

People should be able to join and campaign for lawful parties without their employers having anything to do with it. Otherwise we don't have a democracy.

I'm a member of the Free Speech Union and their lawyers are fighting multiple cases of people having been sacked for their political views.

I didn't refer to specifically ANY political party. Extreme right wing, e.g. neo fascism is known for racial hatred.

And do you really thing neo fascists are supportive of Jews? Given their links to the holocaust? So assuming any far right party is not anti semitic is ludicrous.

I think someone who was a Reform Councillor would face more scrutiny from their employers than someone who was a Councillor for a far left group, especially if they were a social worker, teacher, health care professional etc.

People should be able to join and campaign for lawful parties without their employers having anything to do with it. Otherwise we don't have a democracy.

I'm a member of the Free Speech Union and their lawyers are fighting multiple cases of people having been sacked for their political views.

I think someone who was a Reform Councillor would face more scrutiny from their employers than someone who was a Councillor for a far left group, especially if they were a social worker, teacher, health care professional etc.

People should be able to join and campaign for lawful parties without their employers having anything to do with it. Otherwise we don't have a democracy.

I'm a member of the Free Speech Union and their lawyers are fighting multiple cases of people having been sacked for their political views.

I do work in the public sector and have on and off for many years. There’s definitely a left leaning segment in some areas, but by no means all, and the majority of people doing day to day work - police, prisons, JCP, EA are apolitical in my experience. As in, they’re not strongly aligned to any party. Senior public servants and especially civil servants often come from a wealthier background and are more centre right from what I’ve seen.

This is a meaningless question without any context. Who gets to decide what is racist or anti trans or whatever? Because I have seen people label others as racist on here when it wasn’t merited. Ditto with ‘transphobe’

There is a world of difference between saying, for example “death to all <insert minority>” and expressing concern for unchecked immigration.

And what about other groups? What about people who express ageism? Or ableism? Or misogyny? Or are the old, disabled or female fair game? Should we only ban people who say bad things about ‘trendy’ disadvantaged people?

I didn't refer to specifically ANY political party. Extreme right wing, e.g. neo fascism is known for racial hatred.

And do you really thing neo fascists are supportive of Jews? Given their links to the holocaust? So assuming any far right party is not anti semitic is ludicrous.

I’m responding to you unemotionally, and I’ve found some of the things you’ve said deeply problematic so have no desire to sugar coat it for you. If you find that rude that feels like something you should work on, rather than project your emotions onto me.

I would never claim my opinion is ‘more informed than most’ on any topic because I simply don’t know what knowledge or experience others in this anonymous forum have. I am autistic, so perhaps I know a tiny bit more than you, but who knows, you might be too.

I will robustly challenge anything I believe to be false, here and in real life. You have made sweeping and unevidenced claims about the likelihood of domestic abuse in Muslim and GRT households, and that Muslim women are unable to make their own choices. You don’t know which women on the thread are Muslim. And yet, you have the audacity to describe someone else as obnoxious and rude. So forgive me for thinking that you’ve probably got quite a thick skin and don’t need me to soft soap you.