Is membership in extremist party enough to fire a state employee?

[G2099]

Is membership in an extremist party by itself enough to fire a state employee?

Yes 53% 11846 votes

No 47% 10427 votes

Total: 22273 votes

vote here at bottom of page,
http://www.cnn.com/

[bluerum]

1. ha ha ha - cnn. What a joke. But,,,,

,,,, I guess it depends on the "state" now dosen't it?

[yurbud]

2. what's extremist? Do they mean Democrats?

[Radical Activist]

4. communists?

Its not a new thing.

[yurbud]

5. I have a radical thought: let everybody play and the marketplace of

ideas sort it out.

I'm surprised no one said that during the McCarthy era. If communism was such a bad idea, it wouldn't have gotten very far.

[Cerridwen]

3. What's an "extremist party" and who decides?

What's the name of the "extremist party"? Democrats, NOW, Feminist Majority, AFL-CIO, ACLU, PFLAG, Lambda Business...? Or is it Christian Coalition, repubs, KKK, American Nazi Party...?

Who decides what is extreme?

[yurbud]

6. extremist is anyone who threatens powerful or their most...

embarrassing followers.

[Cerridwen]

8. Yah, I'm always amazed when people have no problem

limiting someone else's rights never thinking about how their short-sightedness sets them up to be the next in line.

[G2099]

7. why did 53% vote yes?

when a "extremist party" has not been defined?

[PresidentWar]

9. Fear talk.

We have been gradually conditioned to wince like a maggot in direct sunlight to the term "extremist". Unfortunately, that is merely another step in the dumbing down of the population. The founders of this nation were extremists. All of them. If you don't believe me, ask the agents of the British Crown at the time. The Rethugs would be awfully hard pressed to embrace a general revulsion to extremism (undefined) as well, because it was one of THEIR long gone forefathers - Barry Goldwater - who loudly exclaimed that "extremism" in the pursuit of freedom is "no vice".

[johnaries]

10. ONLY if the stated purpose of the party is the overthrow of the

government.

Isn't that the law?

[PresidentWar]

12. Actually it's "violent" overthrow of the government

which is pretty wishy washy, because the Rethugs are slowly destroying all that is good about our system with the aquiesence of our own people.

[yurbud]

13. yeah, you should only overthrow the government peacefully like founding

fathers did.

Oh, wait...

[SeaBob]

11. extremist party

I guess it depends on several things. 1) what the definition of extremist is and 2 who is doing the interpretation