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He wrote a gonzo book full of insensitive over-the-top passages, like the one you're referencing, in order to sell books. It worked. He created a literary perso
by slibhb 5y ago
He wrote a gonzo book full of insensitive over-the-top passages, like the one you're referencing, in order to sell books. It worked. He created a literary persona that people loved or loved to hate.
It's a huge leap to go from "you wrote x passage" to "you may be biased against women". If you want to fire someone for bias, you need evidence of bias, not a theory that someone might be biased.
- flaubere 5y agoI think if you write something which says 'I am biased', the burden of proof is now on you to show hiring managers that it was all a bit, rather than on them to demonstrate that it wasn't.
- slibhb 5y agoWell you're wrong. The burden of proof is to show examples of bias.
- westernmostcoy 5y agoThis feels like an unreasonable expectation for the people who would be reporting to him. If someone in your future/present management chain wrote a "I think people like slibhb are bad at this job" missive somewhere, would you then feel the need to wait for examples of bias?
- wvenable 5y agoYou can be a big success either being or pretending to be a big asshole but what is the argument that this should be consequence free?
- mchanson 5y agoYou don't actually "need evidence of bias". You can let someone go if they are not an asset to the company. This guy certainly wasn't once the amount of annoyance and upset his words had caused others in the company was pointed out to management.
- slibhb 5y agoIt's always lovely to see people who, I'm sure, are staunch defenders of "workers rights" turn around and say "yeah just fire anyone who isn't currently an asset to the company by whatever criterion". The difference between "can" and "should" is the entire moral universe.
- pseudalopex 5y agoDid his literary persona harass Heidi Moore?[1] [1] https://twitter.com/moorehn/status/1392533753768128513 https://twitter.com/moorehn/status/1392533753768128513