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Re: Business Insider CTO Forced to Resign Following Twitter Firestorm

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Post by untog »

hosay123 wrote: post #40
rit wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He was in a position to hire people, and expressing views that clearly indicated bias towards certain protected classes. That alone would be cause for concern. I don't know that I"d advocate his firing, but I'd certainly question his authority to hire & fire staff based on the things he's said.

This generalizes further than just antifeminism. Christians and atheists are usually in positions to hire people. I guess we should just fire everybody who ever believed in anything, and then we'd have a perfect world, right?

Where did you get the idea that "believing in anything" is the reason he got fired?

It's quite simple (and already explained by rit). He posted numerous messages disparaging various groups - blacks, women, gays. He is responsible for hiring within the company. This places Business Insider in an utterly compromised position and in danger of lawsuits.

Re: Business Insider CTO Forced to Resign Following Twitter Firestorm

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Post by plinkplonk »

( I am not following this closely, so please correct me if I'm wrong)

Did he really get fired for tweeting "feminism in tech remains the champion topic for my block list. my finger is getting tired."?

someone gets fired for saying he blocks people talking about $topic on his twitter timeline?).

wow, if that is all he got fired for, then (imo) this is political correctness gone crazy.

EDIT: ok there is a whole history of weird tweets. see http://valleywag.gawker.com/business-insider-ctos-is-your-ne...

Whoa I didn't know you could use the word 'nigger' in polite/public conversation in the USA.

Above judgment withdrawn. The guy is nuts. How did he get to be CTO in the first place?

Re: Business Insider CTO Forced to Resign Following Twitter Firestorm

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Post by fedvasu »

untog wrote: post #30
fedvasu wrote: post #19

It is height of hypocrysy! That dude is not entitled to his opinion. :facepalm: I hate this entire feminism in tech agenda. Yeah, He is a douche, so what? Everyone is a little bit on varying topics.Because of things like that our industry is stranded in politics. Pax: Salute! business insider: you are anti-democratic and pro-feminist douche bags. fuck feminist agenda.

I've already posted this once, but can you explain how this tweet is related to the 'feminist agenda': "In The Passion Of The Christ 2, Jesus gets raped by a pack of niggers. It's his own fault for dressing like a whore though." https://twitter.com/paxdickinson/statuses/18546571881

haha, I think I defended a nutjob. I get it but seriously, he got aked to step-down for anti-feminist post not for this seemingly hurtful comment toward a community. Good Job BusinessInsider! (for choosing sides)

Re: Business Insider CTO Forced to Resign Following Twitter Firestorm

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Post by samstave »

untog wrote: post #27
samstave wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What was the debacle at Disrupt?

You wouldn't have heard about it if you only read Hacker News - users systematically flagged any reference to it off the site. The 21st Century equivalent of sticking your fingers in your ears and saying "la la la la" Worth pointing out that the exact same thing has now happened to this thread.

I tried to watch some of disrupt - but the live-stream crashed FF every single time, so I gave up.

Re: Business Insider CTO Forced to Resign Following Twitter Firestorm

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Post by darkarmani »

hosay123 wrote: post #26

For all the value of political correctness in the workplace, someone just lost their job for their honest views, because some found them too ugly to bear. If you're still thirsty for more ugly truth, check out a Twitter search for @paxdickinson just now. Apparently to many, honesty is objectively worse than endless vengeful hate. I don't support anything this guy said, but clearly some of it was sarcasm, and as for t…

How are we suppressing his differences of opinion? Are you suggesting the BI isn't allowed to hire or fire whoever they want?

>> In The Passion Of The Christ 2, Jesus gets raped by a pack of niggers. It's his own fault for dressing like a whore though.

You'd put this guy in charge of your business?

Re: Business Insider CTO Forced to Resign Following Twitter Firestorm

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Post by DannoHung »

hosay123 wrote: post #26

For all the value of political correctness in the workplace, someone just lost their job for their honest views, because some found them too ugly to bear. If you're still thirsty for more ugly truth, check out a Twitter search for @paxdickinson just now. Apparently to many, honesty is objectively worse than endless vengeful hate. I don't support anything this guy said, but clearly some of it was sarcasm, and as for t…

I hope you choke on a razor blade. That's my honest view.

Oh, wait, that's an offensive and horrible thing to say. Maybe we need to be held accountable for our opinions.

Now, I guess, the real question is whether my first statement is sarcasm or not.

Re: Business Insider CTO Forced to Resign Following Twitter Firestorm

#57

Post by spindritf »

fedvasu wrote: post #43

why people who believe in meritocracy are termed anti-feminists? No I don't even remotely know Pax, heck this is the first time I heard of him. Guys seriously do you want to sink to the level of quota and reservation based on gender now? It is exteremely difficult to get talented and motivated people in tech, let us not put gender bias or elitism on people who care about their field (may be just their company/org). I…

> why people who believe in meritocracy are termed anti-feminists?

Because merit is an individual quality, and feminism is a collective ideology? Just a guess.

Re: Business Insider CTO Forced to Resign Following Twitter Firestorm

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Post by RockyMcNuts »

hosay123 wrote: post #26

For all the value of political correctness in the workplace, someone just lost their job for their honest views, because some found them too ugly to bear. If you're still thirsty for more ugly truth, check out a Twitter search for @paxdickinson just now. Apparently to many, honesty is objectively worse than endless vengeful hate. I don't support anything this guy said, but clearly some of it was sarcasm, and as for t…

Somebody just lost the privilege of being senior management over acting like someone who can't lead by example and put his firm in a bad light.

He didn't lose his job as night watchman. You want to be a leader, you have to act the way you expect people in your company to act.

If you think this is just 'political correctness', you're wrong. It's about leadership and not having a company culture of being a bunch of a-holes.

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