All the nuance of: Dude signed a contract with EA--competed in their tournament, took their money--and they fined him for behavior that might negatively impact their bottom line.

They didn’t “fire” him, they didn’t ban him from future tournaments, and they didn’t completely cut ties with him.

They enacted punitive…

If a protestor--irrespective of what or whom they are protesting--violently assaults another person, then yes, I believe they do deserve jail time.

Do I believe they deserve ten years? That’s heavily dependent upon the context in which the assault occurred; given the proper conditions, it’s possible that an…

That’s either some truly awesome selective reading, or you’re not reading entire threads.

Let’s clarify something here real quick for the folks crying “but mah Free Speech!”

The First Amendment only indemnifies you from government retribution for speech that does not cross into criminal territory (inciting a riot, shouting “fire” in a crowded theater, etc). In other words, you can say, “Government…

Well to be fair in the original movie OCP purposely transferred specific people to more violent areas in the hopes that one of them would fall in the line of duty....which is what happened to Alex Murphy. So they sort of orchestrated his demise from the beginning just didn't actively kill him themselves.