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    Robin Abcarian: She got fired for condemning Palestinians. He got fired for blaming Israel. Is that right?

    by Robin Abcarian, Los Angeles Times Oct 30, 2023 4 minutes
    *A picture taken from the Israeli city of Sderot shows rockets fired from the Gaza Strip intercepted by Israel's Iron Dome defence missile system on Oct. 14, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas.

    Should Americans be punished or lose their livelihoods for things they say about a gut-wrenching conflict taking place halfway across the world? In an ideal world where freedom of speech is absolute, short of advocating violence, no one should get fired for stating an unpopular view.

    But we don't live in that world, as some professionals with strong points of view and the irresistible urge to share them on social media are finding out.

    One day after the heinous Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israeli civilians, the Philadelphia 76ers basketball team tweeted out a message of support for Israel: "We stand with the

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