| melbye said: ¨The fact that she wasn't fired when she celebrated a man's death is a travesty in my opinion. These companies need a social-media policy |
That's actually an interesting conundrum. I don't believe people should be punished in their job for things they do in their private time. And yes, private twitter accounts are still personal unless you tweet about your work on there. What people think, should also not be a reason for consequence.
But twitter is crossing an interesting line between private and public and thoughts and actions. Because suddenly private thoughts become public utterances, at which point the thought becomes harmful.I don't mind that she celebrated the death of someone, even though for the wrong reasons. But spreading an extremist feminist world view can and already is hurting people. So I support the action taken by her employer. I just wish there was a law against spreading stupidity. I don't care what you think to yourself or what you say in private conversation, but spreading dangerous ideologies should not only cost you your job but should also have other personal consequences.
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