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So then should a CEO of a company in a rural conservative place, say Alabama, be forced to step down because he supports gay marriage, just because many of his
by sparky_z 13y ago
So then should a CEO of a company in a rural conservative place, say Alabama, be forced to step down because he supports gay marriage, just because many of his employees disagree with him on that issue?
- honksillet 13y agoThe success of this campaign will certainly embolden others from both sides of the political spectrum to try to take scalps in this way. It is really a scary development.
- usefulcat 13y agoShould such a person step down? Maybe, maybe not. Regardless, Eich wasn't forced to step down; he did so voluntarily.
- mpyne 13y ago> Regardless, Eich wasn't forced to step down; he did so voluntarily. I think an HR type might examine the concept of "constructive dismissal" in this particular case.
- Iftheshoefits 13y agoThere is no such symmetry as you imply. The opinions under discussion aren't irrelevant. One opinion is that an entire group's freedoms ought to be restricted. Another is that the group's freedoms ought not be. These opinions are different, and the character of individuals having these opinions, with respect to their behavior towards others, is different. It's irrational of your hypothetical conservatives in Alabama to react negatively toward that CEO, because that CEO is simply not arguing for the conservatives' freedoms to be suppressed.