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Tech company CEO fired after threatening to kill Trump

39 points by Jerry2 10y ago

rudolf0 10y ago
https://packetsled.com/packetsled-response-to-matt-harrigan-comments/ https://packetsled.com/packetsled-response-to-matt-harrigan-... >PacketSled takes recent comments made by our CEO, seriously. Once we were made aware of these comments, we immediately reported this information to the secret service and will cooperate fully with any inquiries. That's got to be some awkward phone calls.
tzakrajs 10y ago
This guy must have been a dream to work with...
- 464192002d7fe1c 10y ago
  I wouldn't assume. The current situation is making people, literally, loose their minds. I'm not trying to justify what he said (far from it) but, I wouldn't assume that just because he's saying terrible things now, that he was remotely like this in the past.
  - planteen 10y ago
    Somebody who easily looses their cool tends not to be a great boss in my experience.
    - zimpenfish 10y ago
      And yet 60M people voted for one. Madness.
  - paulddraper 10y ago
    What situation is that?
  - pvdebbe 10y ago
    If a person loses their mind over a republican being elected president, I wouldn't want to work with that person. What happened to calm discourse?
    - eli_gottlieb 10y ago
      This is not simply a Republican. This is a fascist. Which side are you on?
gozur88 10y ago
This is why you should stay away from the internet when you're drunk and pissed off.
- Latty 10y ago
  The dumbest thing is, even if you wanted to make this joke (not saying it's reasonable - clearly saying you are going to kill someone is not OK by any stretch of the imagination, and should be called out for what it is), killing Trump just leaves you with Pence, which is arguably worse.
  - paulddraper 10y ago
    Really? The running political meme was that Pence was far more popular than his running mate. I credit Trump's victory partially to his choice of VP.
    - colanderman 10y ago
      Pence's social policies are even more regressive than Trump's, and his popularity within his party should make it even easier for him to get such legislation passed.
    - nostrademons 10y ago
      Pence certainly helped unite crucial Republican constituencies behind Trump, but for social liberals (presumably the group we're talking about in this thread) Pence is far worse. Trump's social views are ambiguous and generally pretty moderate. He came out in favor of LGBTQ rights during the convention and considers gay marriage settled law. He claims to be pro-life now, but was pro-choice until 2011. He's not an active churchgoer, and his daughter is Jewish. Pence claims that he is "a Christian, a conservative, and a Republican, in that order", and was majorly involved in the Tea Party. He's drawn consistent flack from gay rights & abortion advocates for his time as Indiana governor. His views may be more mainstream for the Republican party, but for the section of liberalism that this CEO likely represented, they're just as if not more abhorrent.
imranq 10y ago
Incredible marketing move
insulinrocks 10y ago
Is news965 a reputable news source? Not saying the story isn't credible, just that I've been seeing a LOT of new "news" domains these days.

39 points by Jerry2 10y ago

https://packetsled.com/packetsled-response-to-matt-harrigan-comments/ https://packetsled.com/packetsled-response-to-matt-harrigan-... >PacketSled takes recent comments made by our CEO, seriously. Once we were made aware of these comments, we immediately reported this information to the secret service and will cooperate fully with any inquiries. That's got to be some awkward phone calls.

tzakrajs 10y ago

This guy must have been a dream to work with...

464192002d7fe1c 10y ago
I wouldn't assume. The current situation is making people, literally, loose their minds. I'm not trying to justify what he said (far from it) but, I wouldn't assume that just because he's saying terrible things now, that he was remotely like this in the past.
- planteen 10y ago
  Somebody who easily looses their cool tends not to be a great boss in my experience.
  - zimpenfish 10y ago
    And yet 60M people voted for one. Madness.
- paulddraper 10y ago
  What situation is that?
- pvdebbe 10y ago
  If a person loses their mind over a republican being elected president, I wouldn't want to work with that person. What happened to calm discourse?
  - eli_gottlieb 10y ago
    This is not simply a Republican. This is a fascist. Which side are you on?

gozur88 10y ago

This is why you should stay away from the internet when you're drunk and pissed off.

Latty 10y ago
The dumbest thing is, even if you wanted to make this joke (not saying it's reasonable - clearly saying you are going to kill someone is not OK by any stretch of the imagination, and should be called out for what it is), killing Trump just leaves you with Pence, which is arguably worse.
- paulddraper 10y ago
  Really? The running political meme was that Pence was far more popular than his running mate. I credit Trump's victory partially to his choice of VP.
  - colanderman 10y ago
    Pence's social policies are even more regressive than Trump's, and his popularity within his party should make it even easier for him to get such legislation passed.
  - nostrademons 10y ago
    Pence certainly helped unite crucial Republican constituencies behind Trump, but for social liberals (presumably the group we're talking about in this thread) Pence is far worse. Trump's social views are ambiguous and generally pretty moderate. He came out in favor of LGBTQ rights during the convention and considers gay marriage settled law. He claims to be pro-life now, but was pro-choice until 2011. He's not an active churchgoer, and his daughter is Jewish. Pence claims that he is "a Christian, a conservative, and a Republican, in that order", and was majorly involved in the Tea Party. He's drawn consistent flack from gay rights & abortion advocates for his time as Indiana governor. His views may be more mainstream for the Republican party, but for the section of liberalism that this CEO likely represented, they're just as if not more abhorrent.

imranq 10y ago

Incredible marketing move

insulinrocks 10y ago

Is news965 a reputable news source? Not saying the story isn't credible, just that I've been seeing a LOT of new "news" domains these days.