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> Troubling. The Texas law is horrific, but people, even CEOs, should be allowed to espouse CEOs are spokesman for their company. When a spokesman with a massi
by void_mint 5y ago
> Troubling. The Texas law is horrific, but people, even CEOs, should be allowed to espouse
CEOs are spokesman for their company. When a spokesman with a massive platform makes statements at odds with the people their company sells to, they're clearly an improper fit for that position.
He wasn't cancelled. His employers found his statements to be at odds with the compnay's plans for success.
> But firing? Cancelling? Is that the price of the sin of sharing your personal political opinion these days?
If I become the pope and then make a tweet saying "God is obviously not real", is the catholic church wrong in trying to remove me from my position? Was I right for it in the first place?
As usual on HN, this post is pearlclutching at actions that have existed for hundreds of years and are pure common sense.