A Discriminating Exception

Last month, I put the following on my list of potentially popular deregulations:

Create an ironclad free speech limitation on discrimination law, which explicitly includes both (a) political speech, and (b) jokes.  Along the lines of, “Expression of political opinions or jokes by co-workers, managers, or owners are Constitutionally protected free speech and can never be treated as evidence of discrimination or a hostile workplace environment.”

“Potentially” is of course the key word.  I’m ...