He claimed the real person is different. Where is the evidence?

Did his literary persona harass Heidi Moore?[1]

[1] https://twitter.com/moorehn/status/1392533753768128513

I'd certainly look at this situation differently if Apple based their firing on claims of harassment. Antonio's email is definitely strongly worded. Though I'd want to look at the series of "unhinged tweets" sent by Moore - my perspective on this is that a lot depends on what Moore sent before this. If it was civil, then Antonio's email goes beyond the pale. If it was comparable, then I see it in a different light if he was met with similar vitriol beforehand.

Contacting her after she blocked him was harassment irrespective of anything she said.

Strongly worded puts it mildly. It was strikingly nasty. Like his literary persona. Good luck convincing a jury they're 2 different people.

It likely won't even be charged, let alone go to a jury, since you have a vastly different understanding of what harassment is than exists in reality. Though if he actually does get convicted, feel free to message me and I'll admit I was wrong.

I didn't say criminal harassment. And the jury would be for the discrimination suit against Apple any woman he reviewed negatively might bring.

Your link doesn't work for most people. Moore's tweets are only visible to approved followers.

It was public then. The Internet Archive has a copy.

You can never know whats in anothers heart. Yet you must try. This fella has given us ample reason, within and outside of the book, to think of him as a misogynist. His self-defenses are lacking wherever I've read them. I don't think this is a case of "the people are stupid". This is a case of justice.

The claim that the book is part fiction part truth, and these statements are part of the former isn't justification?

Having read the book, it doesn't read out of place at all. He makes similar disparaging remarks to other groups. He even calls developers & hackers animals in the title. This is the overall tone the book is written in, he doesn't single out women for a particular rant. I'm sure it seems that way when all you read is a short quote. The notion that this except is a clear indicator that Antonio will inevitably harass, discriminate, or otherwise do something that gives good cause to avoid employing him is a long stretch.

The real answer, were I Antonio's boss, is that I'd talk to him and see what his views really are. I'd ask around and see if he's treated women poorly.

And because he’s a misogynist he deserves any and all bad things that happen to him?

There is a lot of people with stupid ideas in the world. You cannot punish them all just for their ideas.

People who make shitty public statements mocking large social groups (in this case women) probably shouldn't be surprised if (more than just) members of those social groups don't really want to work with them. Or that others who don't share those views don't want to be publicly associated with them.

In particular, he made a bunch of statements which would make me concerned about him being in any sort of managerial role over women. He doesn't seem to have tried to walk them back or show some sort of change of heart (or "c'mon guys, it was all just a bit"), so I think his almost-coworkers had a point when they started that petition against him.

He doesn't deserve all bad things. But he specifically shouldn't be in a powerful position at Apple. Their firing of him was good (i agree with others that their hiring of him was bad).

People's ideas do matter. Ideally misogynists should not be in charge of women.

Seems the guy isn't really a misogynist and his account of a romance was taken out of context though. Not that I agree with what he says, but there seems to be malice in his portrayal by some journalists (https://taibbi.substack.com/p/on-the-hypocrites-at-apple-who...)

Everyone has a right to work (irrespective of position), to live freely, own property, etc..

Justifying the opposite because of someone's ideas is a very slippery slope. And the fact that politics is a game of perception makes it all the more dangerous. If the mob rules, the true rulers are the people who control the mob (an even smaller amount of people)

The petition included a larger excerpt. I read it and did not think his words were taken out of context. I suggest you read the original work, as it contains other excerpts from other writings of his. Also, I don't believe the fact that he was using this sexist generalization to complement his love interest changes the sexism in the original quote.

Wait wat? You can't punish people people for their behavior? Day that aloud. You sure about this?

I mean, have they looked at the current social justice landscape before deciding that nobody would care?

They must have had a lot riding on just not understanding exactly what would happen.