A hottie Muslim pre-school teacher (if that’s the correct term for pre-school; it’s what the news is using here, so I’ll stick with their phrasing) in Arlington, Texas, has been fired.
The reason? A recently discovered series of disgusting tweets making Holocaust jokes and encouraging others to kill Jews, made mostly in 2013. The tweets from Nancy Salem were uncovered by a group called Canary Mission, with the stated purpose of exposing antisemitism on college campuses. According to Canary Mission, Salem was one of a group of 24 antisemetic students at the Univeristy of Texas Arlington, who were described as anti-Israeli activists.
Nancy Salem
In a plot twist, the university states that Salem was never a student there, and that they are not familiar with Canary Mission.
This raises an interesting question in living in a free society: the pre-school is not publicly funded. In the digital world of today, where everything everyone says is on the record forever provided an intrepid enough researcher devotes the time and resources to uncovering it, where is the line beyond which non-work related banter becomes fodder for public sanction, including in the workplace? This particular case is easy enough; the tweets can certainly cause reputational harm (NSFW) to the Children’s Courtyard, where Salem was employed. However, looking beyond the odious nature of this story, can the same be said of political affiliations? If the parents have a right to know that their children are being watched over by a gorgeous jihad-supporter, do parents in San Francisco have the right to know that the person watching their children might be, *gasp*, a Republican, and therefore an evil bigoted white shitlord? Is there a point at which no one will ever be able to say anything online for fear of only being hired at ideologically sympathetic companies? Will I begin to write posts comprised entirely of questions, like a certain Judge?
This possibility is directly related to enterprises being hounded out of business by radical leftist activists if said enterprise is not discovered to be friendly enough to gay marriage, to use a recent example. In a world where everything is made political, everything is made of shit.
That bridge got crossed with Brendan Eich, at least. Now it’s just the old question of “who, whom”…
Here you go:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vk_mkogfp1c
Their Jew-Jokes aren’t even funny. To kill the Jew we must love the Jew. I learned that from a movie about skinheads.
It’s also pretty much the only Ryan Gosling movie I really like. We got to watch it in school.
I’m surprised you even saw The Believer. I thought I was the only one.
I’m completely fine with public shaming, ostracism, boycotting and other non-coercive means of counter-expression regardless of circumstance. Up until you start doing violence or involving the state have at it. If the complaints are unfounded or based on oversensitivity then they’re unlikely to be successful. Just because somebody is going to treat voting for Trump the exact same way as saying “kill some Jews” doesn’t mean we have to take them equally seriously.
How the hell are we supposed to figure out what’s going on with this story? All of the blood has been drained from my brain. At least some distracting alt-text?
There is hover-text now. A dude in the comments of my IP thread earlier unlocked the secret for me.
Well, shit. It works! But who’s going to even notice?
Anybody who hovers over the photo, dumbass.
The dude abides.
Hover text = brilliance.
Well, the blood started draining out of my brain, then I noticed those velociraptor talons and the blood immediately rushed back.
Right? Her hand is creepy af
Very feminine. I mean unless maybe you like a woman who is better at werkin the scrub board, I dunno. She’s hot as hell, I have room for her in my orphan house. I’d be willing to toss at least a dozen of em on the train tracks to make room.
Am I the only one that doesn’t find her particularly attractive, even before accounting for the claws? She isn’t ugly, but her’s is not a face I’d do a double take for if I passed by her.
I am not on the “gorgeous” band wagon. Her teeth are to big. Giant mouth. She looks like Huma Abiden but with a fun personality. I mean other than wanting to kill people.
“knees are too sharp, wouldn’t smang”
No, you are not, Elite. I think you’ve summed it up, nicely.
Here you go.
First the case: Somone advocating the murder of Jews (in this case) who is likely to have young Jewish children in her charge should absolutely be fired. It is a pretty extreme case.
Second: Beyond that you talk about rights. Freedom of association is an inalienable right. Employers and employees both have the right to terminate their contract at will for any or no reason.
If you want to get into what is or is not reasonable that is pretty subjective and we could go around in circles all day never reaching agreement.
Yeah this case is open & shut, I just wanted to use it as a lead-in to the broader question.
I agree with you completely, FWIW. But I think we’re in for a dangerous few decades where people are getting used to the idea that something they said in 5th grade can cause them to be fired when they’re 38 years old, and it’s going to be applied with wild subjectivity. In short, hold on to your hats.
The way I see it is what she said was abhorrent and agree with SB. And I also agree with what you say now can hurt you later is problematic and could have a chilling effect on free speech. She exposed herself, got canned, and will be ostracized (as proper). As long as people aren’t arrested and hauled to jail for crap like this, I can accept the results in this case.
You are right about that and when one is young they dont see how what they say will come back to haunt them. Hell, not even young. If I ever decided to run for any office I am sure all the shit I have said online will come back to haunt me.
Also popped in my head, if she went to college why is she working in a daycare? I smell a rat.
Also popped in my head, if she went to college why is she working in a daycare? I smell a rat.
Because “early childhood education” is basically a 4 year course of study in “how to be a nanny”, but the FAFSA form doesn’t cost anything.
Ahem, at her level, they call them ’round these here Euro-landian parts, “Au pairs.” I suggested to Dr. ZG that maybe we should hire one, and her response was, charitably translated:
“Really? You’d like one? Why, I should just buy you a diseased ridden whore after I divorce you right now, taking everything but your undershorts, and save me the trouble of putting up with you fondling and ogling the nanny for the next 6 years. (Her) Mama is doing the best helping rear the children!”
I hope your reply was “how do you really feel, honey?”
I hope your reply was “how do you really feel, honey?”
Yeah…. you first, dude. I’ll just sit here and watch your results…
For realsies, she was only half-joking.
Lol. I am an uncultured monoglot, but I imagine that sounded even funnier in the original.
I imagine that sounded even funnier in the original
Oh it was, I just had to force myself not laugh, and turned away so’s I didn’t get sentenced to a couple of days of couch duty.
The stern look on her face was admittedly priceless.-)
Yikes.
All you had to do was accompany the suggestion with letting her choose the woman. That usually works.
I did, actually. As I said upthread, she was half-joking; her point was that with the extended family here, paying for child care is wasted money, and between her aunts. and her mother and father, we have plenty of at-no-cost help raising the kiddos. It’s one thing i do happen to like about Eastern Euro-landian culture WRT extended families pitching in to help raise families (when one is fortunate enough to have a relatively intact one), as that is considered a virtue.
I told you way back when, Suthen, Dr. ZG has a wicked sense of humour, but she doesn’t like the idea of live-in strangers, even if she selected one who was a 60 years old, with the face and figure of a one Chuck Schooms.
Someone once observed that because of FB and Twitter, 20 years from now we won’t be able to have a president.
I think Dave Smith said that on Rogan.
Probably not the first.
So is there a downside to the presidency turning into the least powerful branch?
probably for the best. When Dave said it, he was more talking about the media field day. “When you were 13, on Xbox live you said ‘I fucked your mom, you faggot!’, how do you respond?”
Freedom of association is an inalienable right.
When did this happen? Or are we talking about the way it is supposed to be in any hypothetical situation?
It isnt hypothetical, but that doesnt mean people recognize it.
Even if people violate your rights on a regular basis it doesnt make those rights disappear.
Also, I blame this on reefer madness.
We used to be told God and Santa is always watching so we best not be little heathens, but now the whole world is watching. It will be interesting to watch this all unfold as the next generation has all their youthful transgressions bite them in the ass.
Speaking of unhinged.
“Did he ‘visit slavery’?” DONT HE HATE THE NEGROES?!? IS THIS NOT BLACK HISTORY MONTH?!?
Spicer sounds like a double-retard by falling over himself being like Ehhh He Loves Slaves and The Holocaust Too and OMG HE CRIED LIKE A BABY
Instead he should have been like “what in holy fuck are you talking about?”
::sigh:: That fucker is killing me, you know? He’s just killing me.
I really didn’t think there was a lower form of life than Josh Earnest.
I was obviously very wrong.
Jay Carney was a lower life form. Spicer is inept. Carney took a look at what Ari Fleischer did and decided to go a step further.
Spicer’s an asshat (everyone in that job has sucked since… tony snow wasn’t that bad. but Ari Fleisher was like Goebbels-lite)
…but the thing that makes me want to puke is the nonsense the journos insist be the subject of daily discussion. they have to be all like, “?HOW HITLER IS TRUMP TODAY? DOES HE DENY NEVER HUGGING A BLACK TRANSGENDER CHILD?; ARE THE RUMORS OF REPURPOSING DISNEYWORLD INTO DEATH CAMPS TRUE?”
I mean, fucking Iran’s talking about attacking us and China is like “hello we’re sovereign up in the middle of the ocean now” and THERE IS ACTUAL NEWS instead all they do is engage in culture-vulture-attacks on every SJW angle they can find. Its so goddamn boring and it just makes him stronger and gives idiots like Robby more to do.
So, it’s a Jobs Programme? Troomp *did* promise that USA citizens would benefit from his Troomptastic Administration….
Perhaps someone should point that out to that skinny toothpick wrapped up in a spandex doily topped with a merkin.
I would not be surprised if reporters didn’t huddle with their editors every morning, and go, “What’s the Outrage Angle of the day?”. Do they perpetuate yesterdays? or is there some new thing they can hang their hat on?
And they they then pepper people like Spicer with statement-questions just to try to milk some vague response which they can use to fill in the blank-spaces on the stories they’ve already written.
The only thing interesting i’ve noticed over the last month or so? (and today in particular re: the “Trans bathroom-order rescinding“…)
is that they’ve dialed down on trying to gin up outrage about a) Global Warming, and b) Tranny -stuff
I sense a media-wide pullback on hammering those topics. And i think its because post-election polling showed that a whoooole lotta people were saying things like,
“The media cares about shit that doesn’t even affect my life = LIKE CLIMATE CHANGE AND TRANNY TOILETS”
you simply can’t muster passion out of the public on issues that are either a) ‘a potential threat….. hundreds of years from now‘… or b) affecting 0.3% of the population
which is why i think they hammered DeVos so hard, but let Pruitt basically slide; because “GOP Corporate Schools Are Going To Make Your Children Memorize the Bible” just ‘hits home’ harder than continued mewling about ‘oh this guy objects to climate models’ blah blah blah
such a missed opportunity there
I can think of a certain writer over at TSTSNBN that I share a name with who kills me. I just keep telling myself “You can choose your friends but you cant choose your family.”
Wait, your last name is Dalmia???
No, it’s actually McArdle, and he keeps telling sister Megan that she married down.
DON’T RUIN MY FANTASIES!
Would smash Palestinian chicken place-style.
I bet Larry David didn’t just star in that one, he wrote it, too, am I correct?
Her hand and nails are creepy.
And don’t forget, HM: tomorrow is THURSDAY
I dunno even what is wrong with ya’ll, but her hands and nails are sexy as fucking hell.
No way. It looks dead.
Here you go:
Man hands
There’s no accounting for taste, but I don’t like long nails like that either.
I’m also not into huge asses.
I have never before shared this information with our little clique here because I assumed the response would be this. But now I’ve inb4’d it, so I have immunity.
Hey, HM, did you get my last message, perchance? I need to know before I make any other submissions.
Also, speaking of, “submission,” and Lil’ Miss Salem Witch Trial and, “Sink,” or, “Float,”….
Float. Also, only with a shovel.
PS
The allusion to The Salem Witch trials and today’s SJWfication of the USA is hopefully not lost upom ye all.
I noticed the spelling of her name right away, but didn’t remark
She gets that a Lot.
Which trials are you talking about, doc?
Miss Salem was tried in The Court of Public Opinion, and in the Salem Witch Trials, it was common for neighbours to tattle on each other, regardless of actual reason (it would not surprise me if many accusations were leveled out of spite, much like reporting Daddy to CPS for “touching inappropriately” just because Daddy and Mommy wouldn’t buy Sweetie the latest iWhatever or won’t spring for a college that will bankrupt the family).
People were combing through her Social Media Life and hit some pay dirt.
Yes, but which trial were you referring to?
It’s a pun, you see.
Which witch is which?
It’s a pun, you see.
Dear Sod, I *just* now got it…. I need more tea. I just got up a couple few hours ago. Herpa Derpa Schmerpa….
In my linky, and here again for your convenience, the Numero Uno:
“Bound Submersion”
Hence, the, “Sink or Float,” reference.
I’m familiar with the reference.
Get it, “familiar”?
I’m familiar with the reference.
So is Cuffy, apparently. I just now got caught up with that nonsense.
@Groovus
I did. I just haven’t had a chance to respond yet.
#PleaseEditMy[Strong]TagtoJust”Float”PleaseThankYou
Just saw THIS. Immediately thought of HM.
Look, the whole world is one vast small town, and we’re all sitting at the barbershop/hairdresser’s, gossiping at the top of our lungs.
Meh private comment. And not too far removed fron the jokes told here.
No context. Maybe they had previously discussed how they hated the stereotype of palestians as jew murdering barbarians, and that little “kill some jews” thing was an inside joke.
The dumb shit you post on FB should not effect your employment.
Ok, tweets not derpbook.
I was thinking that was a possibility as well.
Regarding the inside joke.
Tweets are pretty public aren’t they? I am not a twiterrer so I don’t know how it works.
when I used mine, you could make it more private. you had to accept followers, and only they could see your stuff.
Ok, thanks.
If it’s an inside joke, best not to post it to all of time and space, ya? Especially if it’s one that looks like Hitler approval to everyone else. Last time I checked, this was common sense. If we can’t fire people for being pants on head stupid then we really can’t fire anyone now can we?
Stupid young people are going to be stupid.
Firing someone for a remark, without context, for an off hand remark made when on private time?
I’m not down with Jew hating muslim bomby people, but shit. This is totally “those without sin cast the first stone” stuff.
Without context, that is. Ifs she’s a raging antisemite, fine, fire her. But a comment made to a confidant is not the same as a published opinion, or at least didnt used to be.
A public twitter comment is not, as a point of fact, a ‘comment made to a confidant’. It is by definition a published opinion, no matter how informal, and should be treated as such. Anyone that doesn’t understand this and continues to publish vile pro Hitler opinions lacks common sense, and anyone who does not fire a blatantly incompetent person such as that is himself an incompetent manager.
One could argue that she should be fired on the basis of stupidity.
Hmmm, that would have eliminated 90% of the teachers I had in the public school system.
And the downside would be…?
Salem, being Muslim, poses a bit of a problem where hate speech laws are concerned for progressives, no? They can tolerate anti-semitic stuff, that they can handle. But by the word and mouth of a Muslim? It’s what he call in my business ‘stuck between a pickle and a jam’. Okay, I made that up.
Rufus works for Canada’s top canning concern.
I read that as Caning
It would be better if he worked for Osaka Seafood Concern.
I think in your business the phrase, “stuck between a pickle and a jam” has much more nefarious, pedophilia-related meaning.
Are we done? I bet your sex dolls are all proud of youz.
Imagine if strict HIPAA EMR standards were placed on EVERYONE 24/7/365; as the old joke goes:
“Knock Knock…”
“HIPAA!”
…
Currently dealing with new HIPAA standards that are not included in our current app web forms, that will be included in our new app web forms. And some people cannot wait one more minute, because there is the possibility that they will be inconvenienced for another 2 FUCKING MINUTES before new forms roll out.
Want to talk about privilege? I got your fucking privilege.
So anyway, a Jew, an Irishman, a Nigerian, and an Indonesian…never mind, too risky.
…so the dwarf says, “I rang the doorbell, didn’t I?”
All move to America, legally, and vote for Trump
Oh, now *that’s* transgressive!
It doesn’t matter what the scenario is, the Nigerian cons the others out of their money.
And uses the Jew to maximize his ROI.
In which they use to open an Irish pub, that has an awesome Sambai that pairs well with the shepherds pie.
“The Aristocrats”
Your avatar works perfectly with this comment.
She has Bugles for fingers.
“bugle fingers” is actually part of my porn search term.
As in “naked bugle fingers mixed race dwarf beastiality balloon”, just for an example.
I actually just entered that into the googles. Does anybody want my results?
Er….
Thats not really a “no”, Rufus.
SF?
Finally – Hitler, right?
The Bugles? As in Teacho Killed the Chosen Ones?
Now here is an egregious case of wrongful termination.
http://abc6onyourside.com/news/local/caretaker-charged-after-video-of-her-performing-sexual-dance-on-100-year-old-man
Ohio gives Florida a run for its money, no?
Most definately
Most defiantly?
Ohio Man does more weird stuff than Florida Man.
Florida Man’s weird stuff is just… weirder.
So, Florida Man goes for quality, whereas Ohio Man just makes it up in volume, no?
My sister’s in Bradenton area so I always notice stories from there. Yea, they know how to do weird right down there.
Dammit, why couldn’t that have been the place I was at recently!! (rehab for knee replacement … replacement)
Replacement replacement??
ouch. I will need a cadaver’s meniscus soon.
Wish we could post images and videos. I have some vids from Recife Antigo this evening, Carnival. Would love to share, but cannot.
You there now?
I wish. My son-in-law just sent it, he’s there.
Sweet. I would love to go.
I’ve never been down there during Carnival. I tend to avoid big crowds like that. I had an invite just a couple of days ago and had to turn it down because of work. I mean, I could go, but I have a huge project that has to get done on time. Maybe one day. And maybe during a winter where it’s not 70+F almost every day in Feb here.
How could you not make a PewDiePie comparison!? I MEAN COME ON
They could have even called Miss Salem….are y’all ready for this…..KewTiePie.
PewDiePie has found his absolution. He killed Hitler.
Again!
Yeah and then the Time police just have to go and un-kill him Again. Everyone kills Hitler their first time out.
Hey you! LTNS! Glad you are here!
I always abandon political blogs during election seasons. The Stupid gets thick. I check in to see my old commentariat buds and found that this year the stupid didn’t dissipate. It got worse and ye old cool kids are gone……. Glad I finally figured out where all the cool kids went. 🙂
BuSab is here. Commence the partying!
That was in fact the very first (and likely only) video by him i’ve ever seen.
the only thing that ran through my mind was, “This guy makes millions of dollars…. for…… this….?”
I mean, i want to believe there’s a market at work and it all makes sense and he actually created something unique like invent the internets version of the hula hoop…. but instead, its like, “guy plays video games while making jokes a 9yr old would appreciate”. Oh.
“guy plays video games while making jokes a 9yr old would appreciate”
Guess who has access to the internet now Gilmore.
No, i get it = he managed to monopolize a specific demographic that’s worth a lot of money to advertisers.
its just…. i mean, Sesame Street involved a lot of talent and a lot of work. This guy just plays video games and talks in a funny voice. You’d think there was zero barrier to competition, ergo anyone who did it would roughly as good as the next, instead he’s got this massive and almost exclusive cachet, but in a “body of work” that is essentially indistinguishable gibberish (“let’s plays”, etc – which are basically all ‘playing games while quipping’)
It would seem that he learned the “Work smart, not hard” lesson. Or, maybe the “There’s a sucker born every minute” lesson.
/why not both, amirite?
I’d run across him here and there before the brouhaha. All I remembered was unprovoked ear-bleed inducing screams. Yeah I browse with head phones.
“This guy makes millions of dollars…. for…… this….?”
That’s my thought about 90% of people in entertainment.
According to my 13-year-old, you are exactly correct about the 9 year olds. I asked my son if he’d ever seen any PewDiePie,and he said a few from when PDP did more gaming but was now for tweens. So, the middle school hipster parade has already marched on from this Great Threat to America.
Re: Your porn link – if a girl was making those kinds of noises and faces, I would cringe, shrivel up and go shower.
I guess the Japanese are into the infantilism thing, but no. No thank you.
Oh well shit, now I have to watch it. Lol.
When she was on top, it reminded me of the spam ad “The Most Cringe-Worthy Tattoos”, with the tattoo of the crying baby on the girl’s mons pubis, with co-located vagina. Gross.
Meh. I’ve seen worse.
As
Ivan DragoDr. ZG often says to me, “I must break you.”**She thinks Rocky IV is America’s Finest Comedy EVAR!
It’s called burikko (ぶりっ子).
” In the digital world of today, where everything everyone says is on the record forever provided an intrepid enough researcher devotes the time and resources to uncovering it,”
Wait what? Blogs don’t count though, right?
You’re safe here.
Blogs count double
Anything and everything counts if someone hates you enough.
You know how you were on the list for posting on TSTSNBN? Well, now, you’re on ALL the lists. And get an avatar or get on the THE list, the big one.
Honestly, even a blank, pastel coloured avatar would help with threading. It looks odd with just a white space and the subsequent alignment looks…off.
The devs might be able to force it. I don’t know. Never worked with this software, but I’m sure I’d figure it out easy enough.
Understanding WordPress Architecture
It’s a simple checkbox. We can pick on the back end. It never entered my head that any of you wouldn’t have a custom avatar.
Yeah right? This bunch not using a way to show off their individuality?
Damnit. Cant use [i]! Used [drunken memory]
WTF is the tag?
WTF is the tag?
[em] is for emesis…err… emphasis.
I sometimes wonder about running for public office just to see where those nude photos that were taken in my wild youth ended up.
Go on…
Dayumn
The ancient art of ball blasting.
At one of my first IT gigs, we had an intern who was the biggest nerd I’ve ever seen. He was like the white version of Steve Urkel.
He was telling us how he spent most of his college life hiding from jocks, under his dorm bed. If they found him, they would lock him in a closet, beat him up, or force him to play crotch ball.
Crotch Ball
The scariest part of this, is that the guy, a law major, went on to be a prosecutor. I kid you not. I’m a thousand miles away, so probably safe.
Well, shit, I knew it would happen eventually.
Crotch ball, ouch!
painful.
Good training for nutpunches.
This is the kinda content I need in my life.
Cr1TiKaL is pretty entertaining. He has a comedic style, that’s for sure.
SHAZAAM
awesome.
Was that necessary? I thought it involved pneumatic cannons or something cool.
*maniacal laughter*
Life imitates art
Being far left has consequences.
No really, keep going left – it’s going to work this time!
Should’ve asked to co-pilot to check that side for room or something.
If we’re going to post porn on here, I request that it at least be good porn.
In terms of the article, as long as it’s the employer deciding to terminate for whatever reason, and that’s supported by contract, I’m fine with it. I think the social justice angle can be an issue, but I’m honestly starting to see them as a possibly fading threat. Oh, to view the social justice types as just an insane weirdo sub-culture in twenty years…
be more specific. how many donkeys do you think makes it “good”
More than you’d hope, less than you think.
Do they have to be living, or are you aspiring for your Reese’s Snuff Cup filled with Zombie Donkolate in your Pr0nut Butter?
IT’S DONKEY TIME!
I think it’s like the Donkey Show in Clerks 2.
I’m eating at a place called Dondero’s tonight. I’ll be on the lookout.
It’s a tarp.
I hope he called the right #. It was a landline, right?
Dondero was a famous commenter long ago. He used to post his home address and invite people to come fight him.
did people sign him up for cool magazine subs or send trinkets?
He used to post his home address
DONDERRRRROOOOOOO! Haven’t seen one of those in a long, long time….
I thought it was his cel phone # he posted, with the standing Fight Night Invite. Eric Dondero, what a piece of work, that one.
I believe in a 2 year sunset clause. If they said it, posted it, whatever, more than two years ago and they haven’t done it again then it is currently irrelevant in my book.
I think that’s a good rule, or a good way to think about things.
unfortunately, its also sort of the thinking behind Europe’s “right to be forgotten” laws, which suck.
This seems like a good post to share this story on:
SFW, but it’s not hard to find the good stuff
It got my wife and I talking and I came to the conclusion that our entire society hasn’t moved past the Puritan era.
Nope, not at all. They’ve just re-branded themselves several times.
Yeah, the worst is that she has to claim victimhood in order to beg for discretionary consideration to get her job back.
What was her stage name and where would
I findmy friend find some examples so thatI canhe can make up his mind?IMDb
So they changed it so that those of us that didn’t haven’t uploaded custom avatars get random pixel art avatars, And I got something that looked like a penis, but also kind of looks like like a woman putting them on the glass. It’s kind of a duck or bunny type situation, we all see what we want to see.
At the inception, SP in a fit giddy humour, made all the default avatars Harambe. Besides, if you want the seamless white background avatar (White Privilege, amirite? alt-white?) simply make an all white JPG or PNG and upload that.
Personally, I find the lack of avatar distracting, as it gives the optical illusion that the threads are askew, especially if only one all white avatar field is present in a sea of threaded custom avatars. (Though Wayne Cochran’s pompadour is incredibly irresistible; try as I might, I can’t ever look away. Resistance is futile. Fuggadaboutdit.)
And your gestalt looks like a cat’s face to me, thrak. It’s nice to “see” you again.
You see, kids… back when this here interweb lookity box thing was just starting up, the DEFAULT approach was to NOT post anything using your real name. Let alone your street address, phone number, and pictures of your family.
*shakes cane*
People willingly forego their privacy when they make statements in public and willingly share them on social media with the public.
What bothers me is when the government facilitates destroying people’s reputations without their consent. Specifically, I’m referring to trial data and conviction histories.
If you were busted for selling marijuana in college, urinating in public when you were 20, etc., making that information available to every future potential employer forever via the internet probably constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. At least the Puritans only put people in the stockade for a short period of time. Nowadays, the humiliation lasts forever.
Accused criminals can waive their right to counsel, their right to remain silent, their right not to testify against themselves, and their right to a jury trial. They should also be free to waive their right to a public trial.
If a judge decides that a trial record needs to be made public, then that should be part of sentencing. “I hereby sentence you to five years in jail, and to have your conviction made public”.