Commentary: The reaction to Charlie Kirk's killing shows that censorship starts in the workplace

Writer Karen Attiah claims she was unfairly fired over comments she posted on BlueSky following the death of Charlie Kirk. A number of people have lost their jobs after commenting on his slaying.

Remember when the notion of government censorship in the U.S. seemed like the plot of an Orwellian novel, or something that happened in other places, countries where masked militia kidnap people off the street and disappear them? Our 1st Amendment rights as Americans seemed to guarantee that would never happen here. The state could not take away our free speech.

It turns out we don’t need a state-sponsored crackdown to punish those who express sentiments that offend, because the private sector has stepped in to do the job. An office supply store , a news network and an airline carrier are