> This person is the VP of global policies so technically he represents FB When he talks about global policies at work - sure. Otherwise - no, he does not. Out

> This person is the VP of global policies so technically he represents FB When he talks about global policies at work - sure. Otherwise - no, he does not. Out of work, he does not represent anybody but himself. > the values of it and he did it without seeking any consultations from the company. The idea that a person should seek a permission from a company lawyer to live their personal life is mind-bogglingly wrong and misguided. > The point here is that people should communicate, not start internet fights. That would be nice, but if mere act of being present next to an unperson brings calls to fire the thouughtcriminal, is there communication intended? Do the people who demand it want communication or they want prosecution and banishing the heretic? > Just how many companies in the world that would allow such discussion inside the company? Depends on the discussion. If you try to out-politcorrect your peers - probably any of them. But try to go the opposite direction - and you find yourself out of the door holding a box pretty quickly. Yes, in this case in FB sanity prevailed, after personal involvement of the CEO. But who can guarantee it would prevail the next time? > The opinion of every employee matters? I wonder how much would employee opinion matter if the employee would question some PC-approved company move and for how long such employee would remain an employee. We know the answer for Google. Is it different for FB? I suspect we may find out soon. > The point here is democracy, in my opinion, is a privilege and credits should be given to Facebook/Zuckerberg for cultivating such open and unique culture. It's not their culture. It's our culture, whole people, and FB employees that try to remove an executive because he sat on the wrong side on a wrong hearing are not contributing to this culture, they are hurting it. Of course, the democracy in the US is way bigger than Facebook, and Facebook will not hurt it, but people in FB that do things like described above are working against it, and deserve not praise but condemnation.