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Where was this outrage from righties when the guy got fired for posting a you tube video of him yelling at a Chik fil a drive through worker? He was not at work at the time, and he got fired.
Yes. Once on the internet, nothing is private thought any more.
Increasingly, employers are looking prospective employees over on the net before hiring them, and that includes what they say on social forums like this. What a person says here is as much an indication of their personality and their life attitudes as much as politics, and politics these days is a very good indicator to an employer as to whether he can expect a new hire to get along well with others or could be a problem on the job.
Facebook is particularly valuable for them, as everyone is easy to access there, and so many people are on it. An employer can find many sites that offer psychological profiles they can use on selecting new hires. based on what they post to the internet.
It's not what a person says that rings most of the alarm bells. It's how they say it, and when they say it. An employer may not care at all what an employee's politics are, but he may sure want to know if a person is going to spend more time arguing with someone than doing the job, or how the person's personality here on the net may affect his business in dozens of other ways.
It doesn't do a company much good to hire a sales rep, for example, who will irritate customers rather than bring in the business he was hired to go get.
Or hire a guy in a machine shop who will make everyone around him irritated. Anger and irritation when a person's mind has to be concentrated on his job can lose a boss a lot of money, and sometimes can result in serious injury as well.
Do not believe what anyone says here is private. It is not. Someone with a bit of internet savvy can easily discover anyone's net address and server and find out just as much as they want to know about any of us as they want. The only protection any of us has is encryption, and much of the encryption is not hard to hack.
What you say here can be tracked right back to you at any time. Think twice before you post once.
Like I said, the actual wording of Schilling's contract is what matters, NOT the fact that ESPN is embracing a position with which 77% of those age 30+ disagree.
Holy hell. I'm very Conservative and even I get this. How is it that you cannot comprehend that it doesn't flippin' matter if 77% of those age 30+ disagree, THAT IS NOT THE POINT.
If ESPN doesn't want to be dragged through the mud by SJWs screeching about one of their guys talking about transgenders in bathrooms, then ESPN has the right to fire the guy.
It does not matter what you think. It does not matter what I think. It does not matter what any other poster on here thinks. It doesn't matter what 77% of the population thinks about transgender bathrooms. It doesn't even matter what transgenders think.
You are hung up on the issue of transgenders, and completely and totally missing the point that when you **** your employer off, for WHATEVER REASON, no matter how justified you think you are, you're going to lose your job.
That's it. How are you not getting this?
If you decide one day to post on your Facebook, (pretend you have one), and say: Everyone who is voting for Hillary is a complete and utter nutbag moron who wants this country to go down in flames, they make me sick, I can't stand to even be around them.
GUESS WHAT? If that pisses off your employer, you can lose your job.
You're advocating for companies not having rights to get rid of people who they feel are NO LONGER GOOD FITS for their company. That alarms me that you would be okay with that.
Holy hell. I'm very Conservative and even I get this. How is it that you cannot comprehend that it doesn't flippin' matter if 77% of those age 30+ disagree, THAT IS NOT THE POINT.
If ESPN doesn't want to be dragged through the mud by SJWs screeching about one of their guys talking about transgenders in bathrooms, then ESPN has the right to fire the guy.
It does not matter what you think. It does not matter what I think. It does not matter what any other poster on here thinks. It doesn't matter what 77% of the population thinks about transgender bathrooms. It doesn't even matter what transgenders think.
You are hung up on the issue of transgenders, and completely and totally missing the point that when you **** your employer off, for WHATEVER REASON, no matter how justified you think you are, you're going to lose your job.
That's it. How are you not getting this?
If you decide one day to post on your Facebook, (pretend you have one), and say: Everyone who is voting for Hillary is a complete and utter nutbag moron who wants this country to go down in flames, they make me sick, I can't stand to even be around them.
GUESS WHAT? If that pisses off your employer, you can lose your job.
You're advocating for companies not having rights to get rid of people who they feel are NO LONGER GOOD FITS for their company. That alarms me that you would be okay with that.
Thank you. I think this whole bathroom debate and drawing lines in the sand on both side is very dumb.
If Curt Schilling directed his comments at a co worker who was transgendered then InformedConsent would a leg to stand on as transgendered aren't a federally protected class. But that's not what happened.
And how many of these folks are entertainers? How many of them worked for the media?
Why does it matter? Is there a clause in Schilling's contract that specifically states that he can't offend entertainers or those who work for the media? I sincerely doubt it.
The bottom line is that Schilling has 33 States' and the Federal Government's laws and public opinion on his side on this issue. How in the hell is ESPN going to be able to defend firing him against those odds?
The bottom line is that Schilling has 33 States' and the Federal Government's laws and public opinion on his side on this issue. How in the hell is ESPN going to be able to defend firing him against those odds?
Why does it matter? Is there a clause in Schilling's contract that specifically states that he can't offend entertainers or those who work for the media? I sincerely doubt it.
Christ... Lol. He is an entertainer... Do you even know what ESPN does? Do you even know what Schilling's job is at ESPN?
I'll let you do some googling since you seem awfully ignorant on the matter.
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The bottom line is that Schilling has 33 States' and the Federal Government's laws and public opinion on his side on this issue. How in the hell is ESPN going to be able to defend firing him against those odds?
The bottomline is he broke his contract. If you are going to invoke public opinion, how many people here on CD agree with your legal claim?
Holy hell. I'm very Conservative and even I get this. How is it that you cannot comprehend that it doesn't flippin' matter if 77% of those age 30+ disagree, THAT IS NOT THE POINT.
Actually, that is EXACTLY the point of a "morals clause."
Like I said, Schilling has the laws of 33 States and the Federal government AND public opinion on his side on this issue. ESPN is going to have a HELL of a time defending violating the terms of Schilling's contract for this.
Like I said, Schilling has the laws of 33 States and the Federal government AND public opinion on his side on this issue. ESPN is going to have a HELL of a time defending violating the terms of Schilling's contract for this.
You didn't read your own link did you....? Schilling broke his contract.
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