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Re:SpaceX said to fire employees involved in letter rebuking... by api on Friday June 17, 2022 @12:57PM (#31781050)
Flip it over: if you worked for Apple and wrote and circulated an open letter criticizing Tim Cook's advocacy of LGBTQ rights, what would happen?

I bet you'd be fired.

I said the same thing by the way about the guy who got fired from Google for circulating a misogynistic rant about female engineers. That was also stupid and unprofessional at the very least.

Politics at work can be generally problematic. Political rants at work that criticize leadership or coworkers or are broadly offensive are probably going to get you fired.

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Re:SpaceX said to fire employees involved in letter rebuking... by adrr on Friday June 17, 2022 @01:16PM (#31781289)
Strawman to compare criticizing a gay man’s LGBT advocacy to asking a leader to stop being a jackass on Twitter. I am sure board members have made the same statements to Musk because there is fiduciary responsibility to not alienate your customers. As a shareholder in Tesla, I would love to see Musk get off of Twitter.
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Re:SpaceX said to fire employees involved in letter rebuking... by dubswithus on Friday June 17, 2022 @01:40PM (#31781619)
What would happen if the letter criticized Tim Cook for being a homophobe for inviting MBS to Apple.

Yes, I know Tim is gay.

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