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Re:GitHub is facing employee backlash by eloff on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @02:53PM (#25752499)
I don't get why a company would fire someone over this.

Some of the people storming the Capitol were definitely neo nazis. Not the majority, but still.

Can you not call a spade a spade anymore?

I think what happened here is a Trump fan got butthurt over his comment and fired him. That's a cause for wrongful dismissal, right?

Firing anybody over their political beliefs is pretty dumb.

Re:GitHub is facing employee backlash by madamelic on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @02:55PM (#25752540)
>Can you not call a spade a spade anymore?

No. We have to make sure Neo-Confederates / Neo-Nazis / white supremacists are welcome at our company too. No one can get their feelings hurt even if those ideas are antithetical to our morals.

As long as the white supremacist doesn't audibly say he is purposefully passing over non-whites for promotions and raises, it's completely ok by the company.