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[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 6 points 21 hours ago

And rightly so, racism and bigotry should not be protected.

[–] echodot 2 points 18 hours ago

Having an opinion about brexit isn't a political stance it's an ideological one.

Brexit has provenly been bad for the UK so the the only way it could be defended is on ideological tribalism grounds.

[–] Zip2 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Colette Fairbanks was sacked from her job at the drug and alcohol rehabilitation charity Change Grow Live after sharing “offensive” posts about immigrants on social media, a tribunal hearing was told.

Not just pro-Brexit then, also a massive cunt.

[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 3 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Massive cunts are usually supporting Brexshit.

[–] echodot 3 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

I would be interested to see if anyone can find a pleasant Brexit supporter.

[–] Jackthelad@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago

Hello. 👋

[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

Some people have seen Bigfoot. Allegedly.

[–] JohnSmith 10 points 1 day ago

I always thought mental disabilities are a protected characteristic, but I guess I’ve been wrong. (/s just in case)

[–] Streetlights@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Opinions are not beliefs, no matter how hard you hold on to them.

[–] Zombie 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's my belief that that's just your opinion

[–] Streetlights@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

See you in court.

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 7 points 1 day ago

Transphobia is, though, according to previous court rulings. Maybe if they threw in some TERF talking points, they’d have a case.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

These corpos barely provide work safety, discrimination is still a thing despite being illegal. There is nothing you can really do about other people behaving like that and corporate will always protect corporate. Expecting corporate to protect your "politcs" is naive.

[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 3 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

You do realise she was working for a charity, right?

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

How is that any different?

[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Have a think, perhaps you can figure out yourself what's the difference between a big corporation and a charity.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 0 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

It is a government sanctioned beaurocracy that is staffed by humans who behave as you would expect a human to behave.

Headline proves my point.

What point are you trying to make?

[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

It is a government sanctioned beaurocracy

What on earth are you talking about?

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 0 points 13 hours ago (1 children)
[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

Your point is?

All financial firms in the UK must be authorised too, are these "government sanctioned bureaucracy" for you?

Are you a USian by any chance?

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 0 points 13 hours ago

corporate will always protect corporate