11.16.2009 2:41 pm

Post a vulgar comment while you’re at work, lose your job

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Note: This is cross-posted from my personal blog.

A single vulgar word cost a man his job on Friday.

It all started with Friday’s edition of Talk of the Day, a regular blog on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s website,…

09.25.2009 11:43 am

Web sites should not tolerate hate speech, columnist says

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Internet sites that allow commenting should do a better job of barring hate speech, writes Michael Gerson in the Washington Post.

“User-driven content on the Internet often consists of bullying, conspiracy theories and racial prejudice,” Gerson writes. “The absolute freedom of…