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I didn't say anything like "same sex marriage redefines marriage". Prop 8 was exactly about redefining what the state of California considers a valid marriage
by tabbycorn 6y ago
I didn't say anything like "same sex marriage redefines marriage". Prop 8 was exactly about redefining what the state of California considers a valid marriage to be.
The mob is literal, the town is metaphorical. His wealth has nothing to do with whether he was deprived of his job.
- elil17 6y agoSo by literal mob, you don’t mean people lighting things on fire and hurting people, but rather people criticizing a powerful person. In your view, it seems, powerful people should get to say whatever they want, but if the little guy says “you're abusing your position of power, your platform, and your wealth” then he’s in the wrong. How is that not totally against the principle of free speech?
- tabbycorn 6y agoI feel like you're not being charitable in the least; you're not addressing any of the points I'm making. Yes, people should get to say whatever they want. Yes, everybody should face consequences of what they say. I already said that it's reasonable for an organization to want their figureheads to represent them, and talked about one possible mechanism for achieving that. You characterize the people who reacted in this story as "the little guy", but they clearly are in a position of power, and you can tell because they got him fired. In what way was the CEO in this scenario abusing his position of power or his "platform" (I'm not even sure exactly what you mean by that word here)? He made those contributions as a private individual, not from the company's coffers. As for "abusing" one's wealth, some people clearly do that (by bribing their way into political positions or into contracts or whatever), but that's not what's happening here.