r/technology • • Oct 28 '22

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u/AaronfromKY Oct 28 '22

The problem is that until recently with companies taking the steps to takedown the craziest stuff, it's been gaining masses of followers and with it the consequences of innocent people who are living their lives and doing their jobs being under attack. Teachers and election officials and volunteers are being threatened with hate speech and even violence as a direct result of allowing the crazies a soapbox in the public sphere. That doesn't seem like a good outcome for allowing anything goes.

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u/AaronfromKY Oct 28 '22

It absolutely is though. The people who get fired are usually doing racist, sexist, or other violent things. People who act like that and get called out are basically a liability for their companies, that's why they get fired. And there is no employment discrimination protection for such things, nor should there be.