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Really? So you are going to count the number of "accounts" now? She was bullied and forced to resign. This is the standard operating procedure of many here o

Really? So you are going to count the number of "accounts" now? She was bullied and forced to resign. This is the standard operating procedure of many here on HN and on the Internet (Mozilla CEO anyone?): Someone just can't have a differing opinion. They need to be bullied, tormented, silenced, fired, and marginalized until they admit that their opinion is wrong. It was all based on mis-information (many still don't know why the AmA employee was fired) and mob mentality. Just remember this conversation when you get fired because someone does research on your your Internet comments and decides that one of your opinions is deemed "offensive". It will most likely happen someday. I also find it a little funny that when someone in a git repository doesn't use specific gender pronouns, they are called out as biased (and bullied). But when hundreds and thousands of people call a woman racial slurs (so much worse), it's defended. This is my point exactly: Most people talking about 'equality' are lying. They want equality when someone is against their own personal beliefs, but are just fine spewing the same hate and bigotry when the roles are reversed.

danielweber 11y ago
This modern trend of trying to fire people whose speech we don't like is nuts. I suspect, possibly incorrectly, that it's being done heavily by people who have never tried to support a family and don't realize the extreme damage their "hobby" has on the world.
- VikingCoder 11y ago
  I don't think it's modern - every elected politician has faced this.
  - yellowapple 11y ago
    Right, but those are elected officials. Appeasing the public is their job. That's not the case for, say, some graphic designer somewhere, and said graphic designer being fired over some remark on the Internet is absurd.
    - VikingCoder 11y ago
      Well, in this case, we're not talking about some graphic designer... We're talking about the Chief Executive Officer of a social media corporation. I don't LIKE that people get that kind of scrutiny... But I think it should be legal, and we have to live with the unfortunate consequences. As to the graphic designer... I don't have a good answer for that. Keep your unpopular opinions at arm's length from your professional life...? :(
VikingCoder 11y ago
"I'm not defending the slur - it's abhorrent." Did you read those words I wrote? Yes or no? Feel free to yell at someone, but it shouldn't be me. I want accurate reporting, don't demonize me for that, okay. Units matter. If OP has proof that it was "thousands of people calling her a ching-chong cunt," then I'd like to see it. If instead, OP has proof that 2,400 accounts upvoted an image labeling her "ching chong ding dong," then report that.

danielweber 11y ago

This modern trend of trying to fire people whose speech we don't like is nuts. I suspect, possibly incorrectly, that it's being done heavily by people who have never tried to support a family and don't realize the extreme damage their "hobby" has on the world.

VikingCoder 11y ago
I don't think it's modern - every elected politician has faced this.
- yellowapple 11y ago
  Right, but those are elected officials. Appeasing the public is their job. That's not the case for, say, some graphic designer somewhere, and said graphic designer being fired over some remark on the Internet is absurd.
  - VikingCoder 11y ago
    Well, in this case, we're not talking about some graphic designer... We're talking about the Chief Executive Officer of a social media corporation. I don't LIKE that people get that kind of scrutiny... But I think it should be legal, and we have to live with the unfortunate consequences. As to the graphic designer... I don't have a good answer for that. Keep your unpopular opinions at arm's length from your professional life...? :(

VikingCoder 11y ago

"I'm not defending the slur - it's abhorrent." Did you read those words I wrote? Yes or no? Feel free to yell at someone, but it shouldn't be me. I want accurate reporting, don't demonize me for that, okay. Units matter. If OP has proof that it was "thousands of people calling her a ching-chong cunt," then I'd like to see it. If instead, OP has proof that 2,400 accounts upvoted an image labeling her "ching chong ding dong," then report that.