After Obama Facebook Post: 'I'm Not Racist' " the author discusses the case of Denise Helms, a Cold Stone Creamery employee. Helms was recently fired from her job in Turlock, California for her racial comments about President Barack Obama on her Facebook. Her statements on Facebook about the President being assassinated went viral almost immediately after the President's reelection Tuesday night, and promptly caught the attention of the Secret Service. After seeing Helms's outrageous comments the ice cream chain decided that they must fire her and apologize for her ignorance. As for the Secret Service, they carried out a thorough investigation, however did not fine Helms to be a significant threat. Although if she were, Helms would be facing felony charges.
Even though I find this as a violation of our right to freedom of speech and press, Helms may have gone to far in her comments. After all it is not that easy to catch the Secret Service's attention, therefore she must have posed a legitimate threat. And, her comments were more racist than opinionated which is completely unacceptable.
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