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Re:John Lasseter taking a leave of absence amid reports of i... by rayiner on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @06:29PM (#15752708)
Charlie Rose was fired, so it's clearly still sticking. And the fact Roy Moore might win doesn't matter so much. At this point he's literally running on "would you rather elect a pedophile or an abortionist?" That might fly in Alabama. Is it going to fly in board rooms in New York or San Francisco? That's the more relevant question to your typical HN reader.
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Re:John Lasseter taking a leave of absence amid reports of i... by Firebrand on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @07:27PM (#15753096)
>Is it going to fly in board rooms in New York or San Francisco?

Yes, because it was clearly known internally at CBS and PBS for years before becoming public. And yet Charlie Rose only gets fired--near instantly--after the Washington Post publishes a piece about him.

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Re:John Lasseter taking a leave of absence amid reports of i... by rayiner on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @08:08PM (#15753326)
Right, but what about the next (would-be) Charlie Rose? Stuff is accepted until it isn't. There's lots of stuff that wouldn't cause people to bat an eye in the 1960s, that would be met with silent disapproval in the 1980s, and would get you straight up fired today.
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