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The Real Lesson in Grubhub CEO Telling Trump Supporters to Resign

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Re: The Real Lesson in Grubhub CEO Telling Trump Supporters to Resign

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Post by geofft »

> Upon regaining composure after reading the email today, I tried to short the stock. Too late. It had already dropped by over 4% — $120 million of shareholder value already incinerated.

> Didn’t he see the firestorm coming? Like I said from my experience, Matt has been a good steward of shareholder money. How could he do something this stupid? I don’t think Matt would have knowingly risked the damage done for political principle.

It's a weird world in which it's unthinkable that you might be willing to risk shareholder value for political principle.

Re: The Real Lesson in Grubhub CEO Telling Trump Supporters to Resign

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Post by sago »

perseusprime11 wrote: post #6

"If you do not agree with this statement then please reply to this email with your resignation because you have no place here" This is elitist and exactly why we are here today. The country right now needs all of us to be at our best and show inclusiveness.

It depends what 'this statement' is, surely.

For many, many values of 'this', that is totally reasonable. There are ideas that I and my company hold to be sacred, that anyone wanting to challenge needs to find another job.

Accepting intolerance isn't a mark of tolerance.

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Post by sago »

jkern wrote: post #18

"Most Americans now say they know the media have exaggerated Trump’s rhetoric and flaws (though I’m not defending him here)"... huh?

A recent wise comment said "the left takes Trump literally, but not seriously, his supporters take him seriously but not literally."

It is indeed possible that the media exaggerated his views by reporting his rhetoric in isolation to his broader message.

This is the political sport of our age. Atomise someone's speech and treat it as self-evident evil. Can anyone say "different public and private positions"?

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Post by sheraz »

boona wrote: post #13
vishalzone2002 wrote: post #2

Again such a wrong headline. He did not say that at all. He pointed out specific ideas of Trump that he was against and those are the ones that any sane person would be against. Clickbait titles can be very harmful.

> those are the ones that any sane person would be against That's the kind of elitism that put Trump into power. That aside, I'm glad to see that some leftists are starting to come around to the idea that through trying to fight bigotry, they themselves have become the bigots. I'm not saying Donald Trump is right when it comes to issues of nationalism and immigration, but very intelligent and well meaning people exis…

This. It's not about trump, it rather what comes after trump.

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Post by pmoriarty »

boona wrote: post #13
vishalzone2002 wrote: post #2

Again such a wrong headline. He did not say that at all. He pointed out specific ideas of Trump that he was against and those are the ones that any sane person would be against. Clickbait titles can be very harmful.

> those are the ones that any sane person would be against That's the kind of elitism that put Trump into power. That aside, I'm glad to see that some leftists are starting to come around to the idea that through trying to fight bigotry, they themselves have become the bigots. I'm not saying Donald Trump is right when it comes to issues of nationalism and immigration, but very intelligent and well meaning people exis…

"That's the kind of elitism that put Trump into power."

As opposed to the kind of elitism that Trump himself embodies in every pore, which is just fine and dandy.

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Post by spydum »

As others posted, it seems to me care wasn't taken to be super clear on what was slightly ambiguous email about telling people to resign. That is a huge deal from a CEO. That line should have been left out. CEO should not be so careless with communication.

Re: The Real Lesson in Grubhub CEO Telling Trump Supporters to Resign

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Post by jackmaney »

perseusprime11 wrote: post #6

"If you do not agree with this statement then please reply to this email with your resignation because you have no place here" This is elitist and exactly why we are here today. The country right now needs all of us to be at our best and show inclusiveness.

How am I supposed to show inclusiveness to someone that wants to trample on my civil rights and endanger the lives of my family?
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