General Discussion

If they said things on SM that indicates that they support gun violence, I can understand. Esp violence at schools. But if they're just being critical of Charlie Kirk, then it's a violation of their first amendment.

Additionally, when are they posting this stuff? Are they posting during work hours or after hours?

If a teacher posts stuff about Charlie Kirk during work hours, the post is considered political, then in Texas, they can be reprimanded, because they are using government resources for "political activity". This standard however, is not enforced fairly. However, in this case the TEA sent letters to districts, which is political in an of itself, because usually they don't send letters. They are telling districts to check the SM of their employees specifically for Charlie Kirk posts. So, the standard is not being enforced fairly. They certainly didn't send letters after George Floyd. They didn't send letters after Jan 6th. If teachers are just posting their opinion about Kirk after hours, such as "good riddance", "he was a bigot" or quoting Kirk about shooting deaths, it is basically free speech unless they are supporting the gun violence, then it's censorship.


Gift link. (Sometimes people are put on leave until the situation cools down, which with this fire department, which is about 40 miles from San Antonio and is in our media market, I can understand. I think it's biased in this case because this rural fire dept probably wouldn't do anything if the person posted something negative about George Floyd, but then the public up in Canyon Lake is extremely red and wouldn't care)


Other parts of the state seem to be engaged in more harsher punishment. However, specific details are not provided because they are not in our media market.