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Re:Ellen Pao: The Trolls Are Winning the Battle for the Inte... by yellowapple on Thursday July 16, 2015 @03:49PM (#9899486)
Right, but those are elected officials. Appeasing the public is their job. That's not the case for, say, some graphic designer somewhere, and said graphic designer being fired over some remark on the Internet is absurd.
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Re:Ellen Pao: The Trolls Are Winning the Battle for the Inte... by VikingCoder on Thursday July 16, 2015 @04:01PM (#9899553)
Well, in this case, we're not talking about some graphic designer... We're talking about the Chief Executive Officer of a social media corporation.

I don't LIKE that people get that kind of scrutiny... But I think it should be legal, and we have to live with the unfortunate consequences.

As to the graphic designer... I don't have a good answer for that. Keep your unpopular opinions at arm's length from your professional life...? :(

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