How is it different that Columbia invites a terrorist to speak but not the Minutemen?

As an employer I won't hire any columbia graduate to work in my firm and I am going to research very carefully the ways I can "legally" dismiss the two I already employ.With any luck they'll be gone by Xmas.Certainly I will be looking extra close to dismiss for cause.These two are employable...but not for my company.
How is it different that Columbia invites a terrorist to speak but not the Minutemen?
I dont see why there is a problem with him going to Columbia. I mean the people who don't want to see him speak will not see him speak and the ones who do will. This is america and we have freedom of speech. I don't understand why we are so afraid to hear the other side. I think the man is a terrorist but the fact that the government is trying so hard to make his visit hell makes me think there is something to hide and makes me want to hear what he has to say. We should have the freedom to hear what he has to say if we choose to. And if Columbia wants to invite him they can. And I am glad even you know that the Minute men are in the same category as this terrorist.
Reply:I don't know who you mean by Terrorist, but Mr. Gilchrest was disinvited because of the security and turmoil he caused last time.





You can do what you want in your company, but be careful about stating what you plan to do "legally." Seek counsel if this is an actual issue, but making up lies and excuses will only bring on a HUGE lawsuit. If your state is an "at-will" state, making up a cause will give you problems, too.





Second, you're being completely irrational. You're blaming your employees, who you have no complaints about, for the actions of the undergraduates of an institution that they attended, when they weren't even there! Neither of these employees, at least as far as you've told us, performed any part in participating in the 2006 incident where Mr. Gilcrest left, or this year, where a nonpartisan organization invited Mr. Gilcrest back and disinvited him for whatever reasons. It's this sort of irrational behavior that causes businesses to go bankrupt, or at least make the business less profitable because you can't find good workers (I, for one, would not work for any employer who fired a past employee for such a ridiculous reason.)





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DO NOT follow Bob's (probably sarcastic) advice... if you do, not only will you face a civil lawsuit, you'll face criminal charges, too.
Reply:Institutes of "higher learning" are notoriously liberal. As we know liberals will side with the enemy to further their own agendas.
Reply:Wow. What a fine American you are. Tell us all what your company's name is so we can report you for illegally discriminating in the work place.
Reply:Greetings. the terrorist is not a threat to our present government, actually is a very necessary person for the continuation of the occupation and the continued looting of the oil fields there. the minuteman though is a threat to the wanna be dictator and his people. minutemen are as evil as the actual militia to those who want to be king or dictator since they are the peoples last defense against tyranny by our own government against them. so Minutemen evil. Terrorists good.
Reply:Good, do it. Then they can file an unlawful dismissal suit against you and sue your butt off. That should teach you to respect the right of others to think what they want.





You don't seem to have a problem with a terrorist in your own White House----why are you so PO'd at one from somewhere else giving a speech?
Reply:Don't blame you a bit!!! There is something terribly wrong when terrorists are put on a pedestal and anyone speaking against them are labeled "vigilante". Columbia just did a virtual "slap in the face" to every 9/11 victim and survivor.