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David Shor, a 28-year-old political data analyst who worked for Barack Obama’s reelection campaign, was fired after tweeting out a study showing that violent protests, and the ensuing media coverage, tends to increase support for Republican politicians.
Ari Trujillo Webster, the founder of OpenField, a Democratic canvassing app, promptly attacked Shor in racial terms for sharing the paper.
Yo. Minimizing black grief and rage to "bad campaign tactic for the Democrats" is bull**** most days, but this week is absolutely cruel.
This take is tone deaf, removes responsibility for depressed turnout from the 68 Party and reeks of anti-blackness.
— Ari "Vote by Mail" Trujillo Wesler
Following a cordial reply from Shor, Webster tagged his boss Dan Wager, the CEO of Civis Analytics, and wrote “come get your boy.”
Civis Analytics conducted an internal investigation of the incident and Shor was fired days later.
A card-carrying member of Progressivism ran afoul of the Woke. An ally. A faithful worker for the cause.
Moral of the story is, your political affiliation, your sincere support of the Left, your wokeness isn't a shield. And the most well-intentioned reasonable thing you say or post may be someone else's outrage, one that can get you fired (or worse). This is where we are. Sincere support and virtue signaling is not a shield.
A card-carrying member of Progressivism ran afoul of the Woke. An ally. A faithful worker for the cause.
Moral of the story is, your political affiliation, your sincere support of the Left, your wokeness isn't a shield. And the most well-intentioned reasonable thing you say or post may be someone else's outrage, one that can get you fired (or worse). This is where we are. Sincere support and virtue signaling is not a shield.
Sounds like this outfit uses a Trump style "best people" policy.
This is my favourite one on there:
"10. Adam Rapoport, editor-in-chief of Bon Appetit food magazine, resigned on June 8 after a 2004 photo of him dressed as a “Puerto Rican” for Halloween resurfaced on Twitter. The picture was taken with Rapoport’s wife, Simone Shubuck, who posted the photo on Instagram in 2013 and referred to Rapoport as “Papi” in the caption.
Rapoport wrote on Instagram that he needed to “reflect on the work that I need to do as a human being and to allow Bon Appétit to get to a better place.” Rapoport had worked with publisher Conde Nast for over 20 years."
Who can survive the new McCarthyism? Going to be fun to watch.
I saw a tweet suggesting someone should start a streaming service showing all the now and soon to be "cancelled" shows. Would be a winner I reckon.
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when it's nothing remotely close.
