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Re:Mark Zuckerberg faces employee blowback over ruling on Tr... by elteto on Monday June 01, 2020 @09:43AM (#23378324)
Passing judgment on thousands of employees like this is really no better either, you are just imposing your own morals on them.
Re:Mark Zuckerberg faces employee blowback over ruling on Tr... by dkersten on Monday June 01, 2020 @09:55AM (#23378447)
If their morals are incompatible with yours, then its fair game to pass judgement on them and not hire them or urge others (who have to make their own moral decision on it) not to (or as the commentor is stating: to consider hiring others first). Nobody has to follow what this commentor is saying, if they disagree.

Personally, I question people’s moral judgement if they work for a company I deem evil and will dissassociate with them. Why wouldn’t I? Others with different values can do differently.

Re:Mark Zuckerberg faces employee blowback over ruling on Tr... by hart_russell on Monday June 01, 2020 @09:54AM (#23378439)
It’s really quite something to watch how quickly the self righteous vilify and stereotype entire swaths of people. Exactly the type of behavior they apparently abhor.
Re:Mark Zuckerberg faces employee blowback over ruling on Tr... by elteto on Monday June 01, 2020 @10:10AM (#23378622)
Shame culture is very poisonous, it turns people with good intentions into the exact opposite.
Re:Mark Zuckerberg faces employee blowback over ruling on Tr... by walls on Monday June 01, 2020 @09:51AM (#23378402)
Ah the "I was just doing my job" defense.
Re:Mark Zuckerberg faces employee blowback over ruling on Tr... by elteto on Monday June 01, 2020 @09:56AM (#23378452)
No, not at all. Don’t get me wrong, I myself would not work at Facebook because of my _own_ morals. But I draw a line between what I believe in and how I project those beliefs onto others.

If there’s a thing I’ve learned in life is that reality is extremely nuanced and passing blanket judgements like the above is almost always bound to be wrong.

Re:Mark Zuckerberg faces employee blowback over ruling on Tr... by inopinatus on Monday June 01, 2020 @09:57AM (#23378460)
The Philip Morris of tech.
Re:Mark Zuckerberg faces employee blowback over ruling on Tr... by elteto on Monday June 01, 2020 @10:08AM (#23378586)
See my other reply on this same thread. I would never work for Philip Morris in the same way I would never work for FB.

This mentality is extremely dangerous because it cuts both ways: imagine companies discriminating against employees because they believe abortion is a right, or because they are strong 2A supporters or detractors.

If we go down this path, we _all_ end up losers. Attacking the employees is really not the way to go, in the end, they are the ones with the least leverage to influence anything.