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I'm pretty certain AMA disasters do not qualify as fireable. And firing the facilitator with a history of good AMAs for that reason is hardly an appropriate rem
by koko775 11y ago
I'm pretty certain AMA disasters do not qualify as fireable. And firing the facilitator with a history of good AMAs for that reason is hardly an appropriate remedy even if that is so.
- contravariant 11y agoIt all seems like a pretty bad case of shooting the messenger.
- pgrote 11y agoListen, I just want to talk about Rampart.
- dsr_ 11y ago(Translation for the reddit-impaired: Woody Harrelson came to IAMA trying to do publicity for his movie Rampart. His cluelessness and apparent entitlement nearly blotted out the sun.)
- selimthegrim 11y agoDid anyone bring up his father?
- brobinson 11y agoI believe that was actually Woody's PR agent, right?
- chernevik 11y agoShouldn't. But see this exchange in the archive (https://archive.is/jouWQ#selection-17025.0-17025.134 https://archive.is/jouWQ#selection-17025.0-17025.134) 'Have you felt regretful for rushing to judgement after condemning the "perpetrators" of the Duke lacrosse rape scandal during 2006-07?' 'No, the pattern is consistent. And we never want injustice to occur. But the pattern is fairly obvious, and a very obvious pattern that must be ended.' The Reverend isn't interested in fairness to individuals, he's interested in "patterns". If he feels himself subjected to a pattern he feels unfair, well, fairness to any individual is less important than ending that pattern. The Reverend is not the guy you'd want arguing with Yahweh to spare Sodom and Gomorrah lest He unjustly punish the innocent with the guilty.
- kelukelugames 11y agoMy heart goes out to the athletes ruined by the scandal. There is another point of view. Something us Internet commenters don't often realize. Do you have any black friends who was at Duke during that time? Ask them to describe it.
- oh_sigh 11y agoHow about you describe it for us, instead of making us hunt down one of approximately 600 people in the world.
- kelukelugames 11y agoThat's a good ask. I wasn't trying to be snarky. I really don't understand it that well and I don't think it means as much coming from an Asian person. And honestly I'm not comfortable arguing about it on a public forum.
- oh_sigh 11y agoWell, I didn't take it for being snarky. I also don't want to engage in any kind of argument, I just want to hear about the point you were trying to make. You even said it was "something us Internet commenters don't often realize", so this would be a great forum to share the viewpoint, since it is almost by definition filled with internetters
- geofft 11y agoMaybe this is a stupid question, but I'm not sure I see how that relates to the departure of a Reddit employee facilitating that AMA. He answered the question, right? Whether the answer is terrible maybe impacts what you think of him, but not what you think of the person making the AMA happen (either as a person or as an employee), right? Or did he not actually answer the question, and did someone else answer in his place? Or is there more going on, like he regretted that answer?
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- lawnchair_larry 11y agoPeople rarely get fired for fireable things. They get fired because management doesn't like them, and were waiting for any excuse.