I have a friend who is interested in being a police officer, and in a blue state. I have a real concern about working in blue states, especially for a union, and especially when your boss is not going to be some STEM engineer, but just some government worker. So far, my friend is persisting in his plan, but just in case this helps other people, I am posting about a recent news story to warn others.

This is from Daily Signal:

A Georgia police officer has resigned after he was told by superiors that he could not share his personal religious views on social media.

“If someone somewhere considers an opinion I have—that isn’t a direct quotation from Scripture—to be offensive, then that would be a fireable offense,” Jacob Kersey, the former officer, told The Daily Signal.

Kersey, 19, who began working last May at the Port Wentworth Police Department in a jurisdiction just outside Savannah, says “everything was going well” until the start of the new year.

On Jan. 2, Kersey posted a 20-word message about his view of marriage on Facebook.

“God designed marriage. Marriage refers to Christ and the church,” he wrote, paraphrasing the Apostle Paul’s teaching in the Book of Ephesians. “That’s why there is no such thing as homosexual marriage.”

A Georgia police officer has resigned after he was told by superiors that he could not share his personal religious views on social media.

“If someone somewhere considers an opinion I have—that isn’t a direct quotation from Scripture—to be offensive, then that would be a fireable offense,” Jacob Kersey, the former officer, told The Daily Signal.

Kersey, 19, who began working last May at the Port Wentworth Police Department in a jurisdiction just outside Savannah, says “everything was going well” until the start of the new year.

On Jan. 2, Kersey posted a 20-word message about his view of marriage on Facebook.

“God designed marriage. Marriage refers to Christ and the church,” he wrote, paraphrasing the Apostle Paul’s teaching in the Book of Ephesians. “That’s why there is no such thing as homosexual marriage.”

The next day, Kersey said he received a phone call from his supervisor, who told him that someone had complained about the post and to take it down.

When Kersey refused, the supervisor warned him that failure to delete the Facebook post on marriage could result in his termination.

Kersey said he then was contacted by Lt. Justin Hardy, who  told him that the Port Wentworth Police Department didn’t want to be held liable in a “use of force” situation involving someone in the LGBTQ community. Kersey still refused to delete the post.

The police officer received a phone call later that day from the police department’s Maj. Lee Sherrod, ordering him to come to the office the following morning, Jan. 4, and turn in everything he had that belonged to the city.

[…]He was told that he was “being placed on administrative leave while the city investigated to see if I could keep my job,” Kersey said.

[…]Kersey said Libby told him that his Facebook post on marriage was the “same thing as saying the N-word and ‘F— all those homosexuals.’” Kersey said his captain told him that his free speech “was limited due to my position as … a police officer.”

[…]“Separation of church and state” was the reason given for why he could not post such views, Kersey said.

So, a few thoughts about this. First, it shows the importance of having an alias on social media. I notice a lot of people, mostly men, like to brag about how they are too strong to have an alias. When I talk to these men, what I find is that they often don’t share anything controversial on social media, especially about social issues. Or, that they don’t have high-paying jobs. For those of us who want to be controversial on social media, I recommend an alias. Not only will you be protected from being fired, but you will also not have to waste time defending against people who are offended. I like to play wargames. And we have a saying in wargaming. We say “Always remember to ask yourself if taking this shot is worth revealing your position”. With an alias, you take every shot, because no shot reveals your position. You only ever win, you never lose. And the money you earn from working just piles up in your bank account, in case you do ever need it. Be a hard target.

Second, a lot of women today are backing constraints and controls on conservative men like Kersey. They wave around rainbow-colored signs and chant about tolerance and diversity. I want to say something to these women. Do you understand that marriage-minded men are not liberal men? Liberal men support abortion, which means they think that killing babies is a good way to keep the good times rolling for the selfish adults. This attitude is not marriage-ready. Liberal men want to redefine marriage and support surrogacy, which means they don’t understand that children need their mom AND their Dad. You can’t marry someone who thinks that children are just accessories for adult happiness. So, if young women want to persecute and intimidate men with character, they should not be surprised when they find themselves single and alone in their old age. Liberal men are filth. And you can’t marry them.

Third, and this is for my friend. He has already applied for a few positions and has run into problems with left-wing police departments. My suspicion is that people just do a web search on his social media, and then blacklist him. (And this is what he’s found when he’s got access to the hiring records, he’s on a black list) Nevertheless, he persists in applying. It’s all well and good to think that you can sue people in order to get justice. But a lot of these decisions about hiring are made behind closed doors, so that you can’t sue. It’s just something to think about when you are deciding what to study and where to work. The best job is a job writing code and working from home. Then you don’t have to put up with these people who want to persecute you. You can work around them.

One area where the secular left is running unopposed is in the education system. Most states haven’t done a good job of pushing back against the education bureaucrats and the powerful, corrupt teacher unions. It’s so bad, that the schools can just go to law enforcement and have any parents who disagree with them persecuted for “domestic terrorism”. Who will stand up to them?

Here’s an article from the Daily Signal:

The Florida Department of Education rejected the original AP course standards for the black studies course under the state’s Stop WOKE Act, citing a lack of educational value and historical accuracy.

“As presented, the content of this course is inexplicably contrary to Florida law and significantly lacks educational value,” the Department of Education’s rejection letter said. “In the future, should [the] College Board be willing to come back to the table with lawful, historically accurate content, [the education agency] will always be willing to reopen the discussion.”

To draw attention to the issue and not simply capitulate to the College Board cartel, which holds a practical monopoly on Advanced Placement testing, is exactly the kind of tactic that needs to be used to loosen the far Left’s ascendent institutional strength.

In this case, Florida put a halt to ideological quackery masquerading as “history” being force-fed to aspiring college students.

The article goes into details about the woke, far-left content in the course, but you can imagine what the education system produces. The key point is that Ron DeSantis

That was not the only good news I found coming out of Florida.

Here’s another article from Daily Signal:

Florida’s state Supreme Court on Monday denied Planned Parenthood’s emergency motion to block the state’s 15-week abortion ban.

“As [Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis] said, we are better when everybody counts,” the governor’s press secretary, Bryan Griffin, said in a statement Tuesday, adding:

The Florida Supreme Court denied both of Planned Parenthood’s emergency motions asking the court to block Florida’s law from taking effect. The court also accepted jurisdiction of the case and set a briefing schedule. From here, we will continue to defend our pro-life protections.

House Bill 5, which took effect on July 1, bans abortion after 15 weeks of gestation. It allows exceptions when the mother’s life is at risk or in danger of “irreversible physical impairment,” or if the baby has a fetal abnormality, but does not offer exceptions for rape or incest.

“House Bill 5 protects babies in the womb who have beating hearts, who can move, who can taste, who can see, and who can feel pain,” DeSantis said when he signed the bill in April. “Life is a sacred gift worthy of our protection, and I am proud to sign this great piece of legislation, which represents the most significant protections for life in the state’s modern history.”

I took a quick look at who has appointed the judges on the Florida Supreme Court, and DeSantis has appointed 4 out of 7. What kind of judges would he appoint to the US Supreme Court? The same kind he appointed to the Florida Supreme Court. Appointing conservatives to the courts is something we know that DeSantis can do, because we have seen him do it. Don’t believe anyone’s words, believe their actions.

Here is my concern about elections. People think that their job is to wait until the campaigns start, watch the television ads, and then decide how they feel about the candidates. But this is a stupid way to choose a candidate. The right way to choose a candidate is the same way you choose any other employee – you look at their past employers, their past achievements, and call those employers and check references. If DeSantis gets elected as president, then I expect him to continue the battles that he’s already started as governor.