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There is no chance they would have quit were there no hubub about it. Zero. They quit likely because they are in a rep-based business and their boss is stained
by jariel 6y ago
There is no chance they would have quit were there no hubub about it. Zero.
They quit likely because they are in a rep-based business and their boss is stained.
The 'mass outrage' is to some extent, outrage on them by virtue of trickle down or association.
The public outrage adds emotional momentum to it.
That the woman did something slightly questionable makes it one of the better examples of cancel culture, because were she to have done truly noting remotely wrong, then none of the actions would have any justification at all. Because there's a shade of possibly bad acting, we see the disproportional response.
- rayiner 6y agoWhat was the questionable decision?
- srtjstjsj 6y agoJoining a website where nasty people make comments. Imagine if every redditor was fired or or had their employees quit because of the absolutely horrific things some other users post there.
- rayiner 6y agoYou know, there are people who think HN is one of those websites. Like, squarely in the left-wing (I'm not saying mainstream liberals think that), but it's definitely a thing.
- jariel 6y agoTaking a snap of a worker on the train eating their sandwich an posting to Twitter was obviously a questionable thing to do at minimum.