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groundloop

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Thu Oct 16, 2025, 09:51 PM Thursday

Former Alabama college instructor sues after she says she was fired for post on 'wicked' Charlie Kirk

Source: AL.com

A former educator at Auburn University and the University of Alabama has sued college leadership in federal court after she says she was fired for a post responding to the assassination of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk.

In her complaint against Auburn University, Candice Hale says that her firing violated her First Amendment rights.

“Candice Hale exercised her right to speak on matters of public concern, the death of Charlie Kirk, a political figure—expression that lies at the core of the First Amendment—and was subsequently terminated for doing so," the complaint reads.

“Such retaliation cuts to the heart of democratic principles, where open discourse and the free exchange of ideas are essential to the preservation of liberty and justice.”

Read more: https://www.al.com/news/2025/10/former-alabama-college-instructor-sues-after-she-says-she-was-fired-for-post-on-wicked-charlie-kirk.html?utm_campaign=aldotcom_sf&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook

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Former Alabama college instructor sues after she says she was fired for post on 'wicked' Charlie Kirk (Original Post) groundloop Thursday OP
The witch hunts over this dead Nazi POS are unreal! What happened to the USA? So many racists Blues Heron Thursday #1
These racists have always been there, but usually in the background, MarineCombatEngineer Thursday #2
And then they brainwash weak minded gullible individuals, creating even more racist asshols. groundloop Friday #3

Blues Heron

(7,885 posts)
1. The witch hunts over this dead Nazi POS are unreal! What happened to the USA? So many racists
Thu Oct 16, 2025, 10:14 PM
Thursday

MarineCombatEngineer

(16,242 posts)
2. These racists have always been there, but usually in the background,
Thu Oct 16, 2025, 10:21 PM
Thursday

with the election of Been A Dick Donald, they've been emboldened to come out in the open.

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