CLEMSON, S.C. — A South Carolina professor who said he was recently fired after sharing a Facebook post critical of political activist Charlie Kirk is now being represented by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and suing his former employer.

The ACLU released a copy of the lawsuit in which former assistant professor Joshua Bregy is asking a court to rule against Clemson University, its president and its board of trustees for the decision to fire him, claiming it was a violation of his First Amendment rights. In the lawsuit, Bregy stated that his firing was a direct result of a post he shared on his personal Facebook account. The suit includes a copy of the text in which Bregy condemns the violent act that ended Kirk's life but also speaks critically of Kirk in his capacity as a pol

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