Thanks, glad you liked it.

You’re right that employers can fire you for saying things they find objectionable. And the political right, at least in the United States, has clearly dropped the “party of personal responsibility” bit in favor of grievance and victimhood.

That all said, the debate around this and other cases take place in the realm of should rather than can. Yes, Disney could legally fire Carano (that’s free association and at-will employment), and yes, anyone can legally criticize anything anyone posts on social media, including by calling for people who post things they find objectionable to be fired (that’s free speech). But should they? Are they right to do so?

I think those questions should be answered case-by-case, and disagree with those who treat it as a more ideological question, answering nearly always yes or nearly always no.

In Carano’s case, I think it’s a judgment call for her bosses at Disney. To me, it’s neither an example of something so obviously offensive that it’s clearly right to fire her, nor something so obviously innocuous that it’s clearly wrong to fire her. Up to them to make a choice about their product and brand.