I’m honestly not sure this should be categorized as “outing”, as these men voluntarily and proudly went out in public with uncovered faces to a white supremacist rally that they knew would draw many people with cameras that would photograph them. They weren’t hiding in their basements posting to secret internet…

Well, seeing as they weren’t arrested for protesting, their right to free speech wasn’t infringed upon in the slightest.

Always helpful reading:

Seriously. Do I need to post this every day?

The government isn’t censoring their right to free speech—hell the government is condoning it. So free speech, check!

It would be funny if I wasn’t legit having that exact same conversation over on Gizmodo.

Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

does outing go too far though? when does the right to free speech end?

All that is happening is some folks are pointing out to companies with clear policies about conduct that some of their employees are in violation of their terms of employment.

1) Your right to free speech ends where my nose begins. You can say whatever hurtful shit you want and the law protects you from government retribution.

The right to free speech hasn’t ended. But these so-called conservatives should stop acting like they’re being persecuted when their beloved free market does its thing. Employers can decide when an employee is a liability. Universities can decide when a student has violated their code of conduct. We can decide when…

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Yeah go have a “discourse” with a Nazi, who’s entire belief system is predicated on the elimination of entire peoples simply based on where they’re from. Let me know how that works out for you. These fucks weren’t smart enough to wear hoods and robes (which is why the Klan wore them, to protect their identities). …

They weren’t “in.” They showed up, provided their own (torch) lighting, and were photographed.

The government did not deprive them of their jobs. This is not a 1st amendment issue.

your right to free speech, contrary to what many many many idiots in this country have somehow NEVER learned, does not mean right to say whatever you want and then be shocked that there are consequences for it that AREN’T just “you can’t say that.”

The right to free speech protects these people against being arrested for expressing their beliefs. It does not protect their jobs and it does not protect them from any consequences other than being arrested.

The companies they work for have freedom of speech too. They chose not to be associated with this asshole.

Through tiered commenting platforms that prioritize redundant insult exchanges. It’s how John Stuart Mill would have wanted it.

Your right to privacy (this isn’t a free speech issue, numbnuts) ends when you parade your idiocy in public.