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but if a future employer asks to see some social credentials and they don't see any, they ll be suspicious
If said employer is asking for your private social media, then they're probably not worth working for anyway.
Frequently I feel that there is a conflation of the inherent attributes of a platform like Gab or Parler, and its user base. Though they may pitch themselves at a certian audience, social media platforms don't ultimately get to choose their users, and I'm not sure to what extent it is fair to judge them by their users. If we do judge them by their users (and I don't mean to sound like I'm criticizing Gab/Parler users…
> social media platforms don't ultimately get to choose their users Of course they can. They simply ban/allow people until they get the mix of people they want. It happens all the time on Reddit e.g. /r/the_donald, /r/conspiracy.
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but if a future employer asks to see some social credentials and they don't see any, they ll be suspicious
Social media accounts are not credentials, and that requirement is bogus for 99% of jobs unless your job is social media publicity
...otherwise we wouldn't have law bloggers writing articles like this: https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/can-employers-ask-pa...
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Which law does it violate? I can’t think of any.
The fired agent telegraphed which law she believed has been violated when she said, "I just got fired because I'm a Christian and a conservative." https://www.eeoc.gov/religious-discrimination
Is being active on Gab and Parler a Christian religious activity?
Was the agent fired for writing something specifically, or simply for signing up for these networks?
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"The Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency was distressed to discover this morning, January 25th, that one of our agents has been using the social media platforms Gab and Parler. We do not condone this activity, and we apologize to anyone who has been affected or offended by this," De Chiara wrote. "The Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency has in the past and will continue to ensure a voice of unity, equality, and one tha…
The unstated assertions that a person simply visiting Parler or Gab is a form of harm to others is astonishing.
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Which law does it violate? I can’t think of any.
The fired agent telegraphed which law she believed has been violated when she said, "I just got fired because I'm a Christian and a conservative." https://www.eeoc.gov/religious-discrimination
Being "a Christian" (whatever that means...) is a protected class - but where in the Bible did Moses or Jesus command people to use Gab, Parler - or even be "conservative"?
You can be fired for being a selfish ass (I'm referring to the donkey hybrid, as befits the biblical narrative) - and that's my interpretation of what happened. What matters now is if the law will allow her to use her religion as the basis for being an ass - or not.
Reminds me of Dawn Frederick, a literary agent who was "cancelled" for calling 911 on looters who rammed a van into the gas station on her apartment block: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/p... This happened during the BLM protests this summer in St. Loius. The looters she reported were blocks away from any BLM protest, and other looting bands were setting fires on nearby blocks. Frederick w…
The phenomenon is called "purity spiral", and it's absolutely maddening. Here's a good article on it: https://unherd.com/2020/01/cast-out-how-knitting-fell-into-a...
Alas, it seems this thread was flagged. Ironic given the content. But I'll continue to share that article about the purity spiral with others, it captures a lot of the things I've seen quite well.
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The fired agent telegraphed which law she believed has been violated when she said, "I just got fired because I'm a Christian and a conservative." https://www.eeoc.gov/religious-discrimination
Political affiliation is not a protected class. Being "a Christian" (whatever that means...) is a protected class - but where in the Bible did Moses or Jesus command people to use Gab, Parler - or even be "conservative"? You can be fired for being a selfish ass (I'm referring to the donkey hybrid, as befits the biblical narrative) - and that's my interpretation of what happened. What matters now is if the law will al…
Was the agent fired for writing something specifically, or simply for signing up for these networks?
According to the article it appears she signed up and actively encouraged others to join as well explicitly for the lack of censorship. "In a November 12 tweet, Oefelein invited followers to join her on the conservative social network, which she described as "a great platform with no censorship." Oefelein suggested earlier this month that she may also use the far-right social networking site Gab." The fired agent als…
Of course, the most politically-conservative Christians I know are not on Parler nor Gab, but they're also not Trump supporters, which seemed to be the real reason people went to Parler/Gab. That's an unsupported assertion on my part, but seems consistent with my observations.
She wasn't fired because she's a Christian and a conservative. She was fired because she was active on two sites tied to attempted insurrection. It's a bad look for the agency, but IMO a worse look for Oefelein.
0. https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20200627/23551144803/as-pr...
1. https://www.forbes.com/sites/abrambrown/2020/06/27/parlers-f...