[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

To suggest that the phrase "black lives matter" isn't inherently linked to black rights, and that civil rights are not a political issue, is a bold stance but I doubt it's one that's likely to change in people who hold it so I'm going to do the unthinkable and just leave my point (that I think it clearly is a political issue) as it is and move on.

So the secondary point is that if the employer has a policy of no messaging of any kind on clothing, then employees either have to follow that policy, find another job that falls more in line with their values, or try to organise like-minded people in asking the employer to change the policy. Again, you don't just decide that you don't like the policy and go against it, then do shocked pikachu face when that's considered misconduct. Like I said before, I'm pretty sure anyone who has ever worked for an employer knows this. And I say that as someone who DID make the decision to drastically change employment type from an employer that was full of **** in a dodgy industry to one that falls more in line with my personal values.

I'm not suggesting anything about the cause, to some people black lives matter just means acknowledging they matter, to others like me, it's a civil rights issue. Both are valid.