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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 a future employer expects such social "credentials" from me, I'll be suspicious and tell them where to go.
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…
That's not cancel culture. That's common sense. Don't make your coworkers so angry that they'd rather be jobless than spend time in your presence.
The freedom of speech isn't the freedom to speak without consequences. Frederick spoke her mind in a public square, and signed her name to those statements, and other people freely chose not to associate themselves with her. That's bound to happen from time to time. It's a free country.
Btw, the agent that was fired, Colleen Oefelein, was also the victim of an attempted kidnap plot by her current husband's ex-mistress in 2007. This story, dubbed, the "Astronaut Love Triangle" because her husband and the ex were astronauts, was all over the news and even made into a movie starring Natalie Portman and Jon Hamm. https://people.com/crime/astronaut-love-triangle-nine-years-... https://en.wikipedia.org/wi…
At this point, companies might as well just have an explicit policy of not hiring anyone registered as a Republican. Party affiliation is not a protected class, after all.
If you were a rabid QAnon nut, why should I hire you? Saying republican is this context is just driving the wedge in too far.
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…
PoC authors in this context refers to "Persons of Color"-authors.
In hindsight it is probably clear from the context - but I didn't immediately get it. :)
I feel like my choice to not participate in non-anonymous social media in any but the absolute most bland and uninteresting ways is the best long running decision I've ever made. The end of anonymized internet is the end of my participation in it and sadly I think that day is fast approaching.
but if a future employer asks to see some social credentials and they don't see any, they ll be suspicious
Just a reminder that Newsweek ceased publication back in 2013, and the rights to its brand were purchased by an odd Christian sect, somewhat along the lines of The Washington Times and the Reunification Church. The new "Newsweek" capitalizes on the brand reputation of the old one, but has no connections to it; a good thing to do with Newsweek pieces is to check the byline and look up what their background is.
how can they say with a. straight face they value equal opportunity and then ban someone for their personal use.....sorry. but I see stupidity leeching into society everyhere.... stupidity is a nice way of saying hate..
I suppose the agency has the right to fire/hire whoever it wants. The person who was fired is free to start her own agency. What's the problem here?