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Prior to flying out of San Francisco on Sunday night, Jeremy Fuller, a contract employee and tire changer, posted on Twitter a photo of a gay pride banner on a car with the comment, “This is way [sic] I don’t live here!”
One of his Twitter followers responded with a tweet that read, “if we could get rid of them, it’d be a lot better.”
It appeared that Fuller later replied to that tweet, but did not retweet the original message. The response read: “lol.. Don’t we all wish!”
Yes, he worked for a private company and they had a right to fire him, but if he had been a gay guy making anti-heterosexual comments, do you think he would have been fired? I seriously doubt it.
People who publicly post their opinions on stuff for the world to see deserve what's coming their way. If you wouldn't say those words to your employer, don't post them publicly for your employer to read.
Yes, he worked for a private company and they had a right to fire him, but if he had been a gay guy making anti-heterosexual comments, do you think he would have been fired? I seriously doubt it.
Do you think that he should be allowed to keep his job?
What if you substituted blacks or jews for gays in the tweets would that help change your perspective?
Yes, he worked for a private company and they had a right to fire him, but if he had been a gay guy making anti-heterosexual comments, do you think he would have been fired? I seriously doubt it.
Actually, from what I've read, he was fired because his comments made his employer (team Red Bull) look bad. Had he not had his employer identified on his twitter profile, he may have had a 'talking to' by said employer, but would likely not have been fired. And, again from what I've read, I believe anti- heterosexual comments (or anti-anything) would have had the same result.
Yes, he worked for a private company and they had a right to fire him, but if he had been a gay guy making anti-heterosexual comments, do you think he would have been fired? I seriously doubt it.
Seriously, how often do you hear homosexuals making anti-heterosexual remarks? If you're going to throw out hypotheticals, at least make them plausible.
Do you think that he should be allowed to keep his job?
Whether he got to keep his job or not is secondary to the hypocrisy that I see in situations like this. And he wasn't even speaking to a coworker. He was innocently sending a message to his followers on Twitter.
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Originally Posted by africanboy
Seriously, how often do you hear homosexuals making anti-heterosexual remarks? If you're going to throw out hypotheticals, at least make them plausible.
I do hear it. Two recent examples:
"He's nice - for a straight guy." - said to me by a gay doctor when talking about another doctor in town who is straight
"Straight guys are too stupid to figure that out." - said to me by a gay friend when talking about a particular news story
Don't fool yourself into thinking that gays are angels and never make anti-hetero comments.
He made the company look bad. He was innocently saying, joking or not, it'd be nice to rid the world of homosexuals. Companys have an image to uphold, and typically, bigots sully that image. So, he was fired.
I've never heard of a gay person wanting to rid the world of straights though.
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