Fired for venting on social networking sites is oppressive

Those in the public eye such as newscasters, etc, must be held to high standards because of their status as role models. They should watch how they present themselves everywhere, including social networking sites. On the other hand, my role models are people who stand up for what they believe in rather than keeping their mouths shut about injustices, even at the workplace, in spite of their paycheck. For example, doing heroin, blurting obscenities toward your co-workers, or publicly exposing yourself doesn't count for standing up for what you believe in.

Sticking your job out when you despise it but have no better alternatives should be commended rather than looked down upon. Venting helps people to cope; bottling up your emotions only leads to breakdown. At times, it's more satisfying to vent to outsiders than to people close to the situation (i.e. Facebook). Most people would just quit, Jerry McGuire style or worse, and many of these quitters would end up burning tax dollars in various different ways.

If it is true that we are not able to publicly criticize private companies, then what happens when the Government outsources itself to private companies? If these companies are able to hide information from the public and cannot be criticized then our system of checks and balances fails.