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<blockquote data-quote="Bubblehead" data-source="post: 2500090" data-attributes="member: 14176">I think this is where a lot of people get hung up in situations like these.The First Amendment and it&#039;s guarantee of &quot;freedom of speech&quot; only protects us from the government, prohibiting it from taking criminal actions against an individual, meaning you can&#039;t be arrested, sanctioned, or imprisoned for making statements or assembling peacefully against the government, it&#039;s officials, or policies.The First Amendment, with it&#039;s &quot;freedom of speech&quot;, does not insulate anybody from perceived civil liabilities in regards to their spoken or written words.The thing I am watching is......to see who, if either appeal.If neither appeal, UPS has paid off the complainant and feels it&#039;s worth it for the additional &quot;social media&quot; precedence that was set, and that&#039;s something to worry about going forward.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bubblehead, post: 2500090, member: 14176"] I think this is where a lot of people get hung up in situations like these. The First Amendment and it's guarantee of "freedom of speech" only protects us from the government, prohibiting it from taking criminal actions against an individual, meaning you can't be arrested, sanctioned, or imprisoned for making statements or assembling peacefully against the government, it's officials, or policies. The First Amendment, with it's "freedom of speech", does not insulate anybody from perceived civil liabilities in regards to their spoken or written words. The thing I am watching is......to see who, if either appeal. If neither appeal, UPS has paid off the complainant and feels it's worth it for the additional "social media" precedence that was set, and that's something to worry about going forward. [/QUOTE]

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