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2 responses to “Does Diversity of Viewpoint Matter to UVa?”

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   djrippert

   October 16, 2016

   The missing link, for me, is whether Muir was representing himself as a UVa professor when he wrote the comments. As a lecturer in the engineering and graduate business schools I’d have to wonder what particular expertise Muir has regarding racial prejudice in general or Black Lives Matter specifically. I think any employer has a right to restrict commentary when an employee is representing his or her place of employment. However, if Muir was writing as a private citizen rather than an employee of UVa it becomes much harder to understand why his employer felt the need to sanction him for his (admittedly extreme) commentary.

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   Larrytheg

   October 16, 2016

   think about it this way. You’re a Fairfax Police guy/gal and you write on FB that you think BLM is a racist group like the KKK – and the people viewing it KNOW you are a Fairfax police guy – AND that you could be dispatched to a BLM demonstration.

   Is that out of bounds for the employer?

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