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I am not inferring that their politics or cult like leanings are acceptable, but if he is not bringing it into the workplace then I find the practice reprehensi

by kls 6y ago

I am not inferring that their politics or cult like leanings are acceptable, but if he is not bringing it into the workplace then I find the practice reprehensible. At one time this was done to people of other belief systems / political leanings (communist in the US as an example). At some point in the future a different social contract will exist and items like this set a precedents for the same to be done to them. I am against it no matter what their belief system is.

iron0013 6y ago
You absolutely still can be fired in the United States for publicly identifying as a communist. Hell, you can be fired for merely demonstrating against police brutality.
- tssva 6y ago
  In most of the United States you can be fired for absolutely no reason whatsoever except the boss wants to.
  - iron0013 6y ago
    Yup
  - shadowgovt 6y ago
    There are protected classes of worker, but the burden to prove the firing was due to protected reasons is on the worker.
- kls 6y ago
  I am in no way arguing that you cannot, just making the observation that social contracts change and a secondary and personal point that I find the practice detestable. I do not want someone to loose their livelihood because I disagree with them on their personal ideology and I certainly don't want to loose employment because someone disagrees with me on my personal belief system. The US communist witch-hunt is a great example because McCarthyism led to a good number of people who where not communist but where still undesirable to the current (at the time) social contract, being blacklisted by just throwing a communist label on them, which resulted in their lives and livelihood being destroyed.
  - kls 6y ago
    As a further note on this, I am of the opinion that loosing ones security and safety net pushes them further to the fringe. I think this is a problem with modern society no one is listening, everyone is pushing when they should be pulling as pushing moves them in a direction contrary to the results one is seeking.

by kls 6y ago

iron0013 6y ago

You absolutely still can be fired in the United States for publicly identifying as a communist. Hell, you can be fired for merely demonstrating against police brutality.

tssva 6y ago
In most of the United States you can be fired for absolutely no reason whatsoever except the boss wants to.
- iron0013 6y ago
  Yup
- shadowgovt 6y ago
  There are protected classes of worker, but the burden to prove the firing was due to protected reasons is on the worker.
kls 6y ago
I am in no way arguing that you cannot, just making the observation that social contracts change and a secondary and personal point that I find the practice detestable. I do not want someone to loose their livelihood because I disagree with them on their personal ideology and I certainly don't want to loose employment because someone disagrees with me on my personal belief system. The US communist witch-hunt is a great example because McCarthyism led to a good number of people who where not communist but where still undesirable to the current (at the time) social contract, being blacklisted by just throwing a communist label on them, which resulted in their lives and livelihood being destroyed.
- kls 6y ago
  As a further note on this, I am of the opinion that loosing ones security and safety net pushes them further to the fringe. I think this is a problem with modern society no one is listening, everyone is pushing when they should be pulling as pushing moves them in a direction contrary to the results one is seeking.