We are all one Tweet away from being fired

[calirepub]

When you open yourself up to the entire world via social media you shouldn’t be surprised that the world might respond differently than your small group of friends. If you don’t like it, get off social media. It’s not for you.

[Call_me_Ishmael]

@WildRose

I’m self employed and don’t tweet so I’m probably safe

still… you could get into a heated disagreement with yourself.

just kidding

[Call_me_Ishmael]

@BornAgainChristian

You are the worst sort of individual, a burger eater.

the next reason for being fired.

“our company has zero tolerance for burger eaters”

[adroit]

@BornAgainChristian

@DougBH

On the other side, do you really want to hire someone who appears to be a loose cannon and likely to go off in your employment?
And its not just twitter, its things like facebook where you can make it known that you may be carrying serious problems with you.
A hundred years ago you probably lived in a small town and people knew if you were a potential problem. Now, you get to prove it on the internet.

Its like free speech. The moment you try to define what is acceptable free speech, its no longer free.

Yes, some idiots will thrive. But I’m thinking about everyone else, me included. We once joked about the nuts who would outlaw suv. Its no longer a joke. Its possible someone extolling the virtues of a SUV be labeled a “climate denier”, a “hater” because minority neighborhoods are affected by pollution more than white ones etc ad nauseam. And then driven from their job.

Like free speech, it should be a blanket coverage. If one doesn’t have the right to say offensive things, then free speech does not exist. If one cannot say whats on their mind in social media without losing their job etc., then free speech does not exist.

You respond to offensive speech, by refuting it…with good speech. That’s the American way.

What’s happening now leads only to totalitarianism.

This has nothing to do with free speech.

[mobulis]

@BornAgainChristian

How one bad tweet can change your life forever - MarketWatch

" The political climate is putting all employers on high alert when it comes to the words and behavior of their employees, Sinnreich says. “We’re understood to be private citizens, but when someone is the public face of a public corporation, that corporation should and must be held accountable for the actions of that individual,” he added."

Before everyone celebrates what happened to Roseanne, remember it can happen to you.

Unlike just a couple of decades ago, when you voiced opinions only heard by family and friends, now they become global. And your job is definitely on the line.

That sucks. Its not the Free America I was raised in. We should (in self defense) demand a separation from employment and personal life. They shouldn’t be allowed to affect each other.

Look at it this way. People who commit crimes but want to rejoin society should be allowed to, not let their past prevent future employment. The same principle here, not let private excercise of free speech cause loss of livlihood.

Of course I will be smear as usual. But remember, now may be the only time you could have stood up, and prevented what happened to Roseanne, happens to you express what seems like a reasonable opinion, but some nutball is offended and demands you be impoverished if not killed.

Since I don’t tweet or post on any kind of board other than this one I got nothing to worry about.

[mobulis]

@BornAgainChristian

@TheDoctorIsIn

@BornAgainChristian

So we don’t have free speech, must censor our speech.

I recall leftists demanding Christians only speak in their closet, lest others be offended.

Perhaps you agree. But suppose the pendulum swings again, and America gets very religious. And they begin objecting to everything you say and believe.

If you can only state your beliefs in a closet, do you have free speech?

Of course we have free speech - we have free speech in public, too.

Free speech doesn’t mean consequence-free speech.

The consequence should only be those hearing the speech, can respond with speech.

Not that you be driven out of a job into poverty, or worse.

Suppose you like hamburgers. You think its reasonable to eat them.

Now, imagine those who believe cows fart causing climate change, and you are a denier if you continue eating burgers. Your disgusting disregard for minorities (who are affect by your lifestyle) should be punished by your being driven out of a job, business or public square where “climate deniers” belong.

You are the worst sort of individual, a burger eater.

Why?..

[merickson]

For Rosanne and other public figures, Twitter is “at work”.

[PeterGriffin]

Everyones free speech rights are still intact, nobody is getting prosecuted for their speech. The free market and right to work laws are just working as the Invisible Hand, or in Roseanne’s case, a fist.

If you think “free speech” means you can say whatever you want without any repercussions, then you probably agree with Ricky Bobby in “Talledaga Nights” that if you preface saying stupid, offensive things to your employer “with all due respect” then nothing can happen to you.

Look it up, it’s in the Geneva Conventions.

[ToT]

You’re a riot BAC!

As an investor for twitter I’m well aware of the bot problem chief. Also well aware your crap about Limbaugh is exactly that.

At the moment, mental illness is a much bigger problem in this country than cows. You should be worried about mental illness man. I mean really, really worried.

[Keyser_Soze]

I’m not so sure that Samantha Bee wouldn’t have used the same words had Ivanka been in the audience. She’s pretty fierce that way.

[Keyser_Soze]

Meant to reply to @Mountain_Soldier.

[bluedogdem]

i guess the OP doesnt know that hundreds of people have been fired over their Facebook postings…

[BornAgainChristian]

@bluedogdem

i guess the OP doesnt know that hundreds of people have been fired over their Facebook postings…

Tweet is generic, figurative for any internet post, including here on Hannity.

[bluedogdem]

@BornAgainChristian

@bluedogdem

i guess the OP doesnt know that hundreds of people have been fired over their Facebook postings…

Tweet is generic, figurative for any internet post, including here on Hannity.

the point is people post dumb ■■■■ all the time and they get fired… c’est la vie

[BornAgainChristian]

@mobulis

@BornAgainChristian

How one bad tweet can change your life forever - MarketWatch

" The political climate is putting all employers on high alert when it comes to the words and behavior of their employees, Sinnreich says. “We’re understood to be private citizens, but when someone is the public face of a public corporation, that corporation should and must be held accountable for the actions of that individual,” he added."

Before everyone celebrates what happened to Roseanne, remember it can happen to you.

Unlike just a couple of decades ago, when you voiced opinions only heard by family and friends, now they become global. And your job is definitely on the line.

That sucks. Its not the Free America I was raised in. We should (in self defense) demand a separation from employment and personal life. They shouldn’t be allowed to affect each other.

Look at it this way. People who commit crimes but want to rejoin society should be allowed to, not let their past prevent future employment. The same principle here, not let private excercise of free speech cause loss of livlihood.

Of course I will be smear as usual. But remember, now may be the only time you could have stood up, and prevented what happened to Roseanne, happens to you express what seems like a reasonable opinion, but some nutball is offended and demands you be impoverished if not killed.

Since I don’t tweet or post on any kind of board other than this one I got nothing to worry about.

Why do you think your posts here can’t be used against you? Its not hard to discover the names and addresses of anyone posting here, replicate the offending posts and make that public in other venues.

Not hard at all.

[Forcefield]

We are all one alarmingly racist tweet away from negative consequences, yes.

[BornAgainChristian]

@Forcefield

We are all one alarmingly racist tweet away from negative consequences, yes.

You missed the hamburger analogy. Rolling Stones lyrics, thought to be art in the past, could be viewed as offensive. It doesn’t take much. Smears are powerful tools.

[Forcefield]

@BornAgainChristian

You missed the hamburger analogy. Rolling Stones lyrics, thought to be art in the past, could be viewed as offensive. It doesn’t take much. Smears are powerful tools.

True. You probably could have compared black people to apes on twitter in the 1800s without consequences.

[BornAgainChristian]

@Forcefield

@BornAgainChristian

You missed the hamburger analogy. Rolling Stones lyrics, thought to be art in the past, could be viewed as offensive. It doesn’t take much. Smears are powerful tools.

True. You probably could have compared black people to apes on twitter in the 1800s without consequences.

Cognitive Dissonance doesn’t permit you engage the logic.

And its you who see a connection between apes and blacks, not me. I believe in Creation, Adam and Eve.

[Forcefield]

@BornAgainChristian

Cognitive Dissonance doesn’t permit you engage the logic.

And its you who see a connection between apes and blacks, not me. I believe in Creation, Adam and Eve.

You need to stop using that term. The way you’re using it is actually cognitive dissonance defined.

Which creation story do you subscribe to? Genesis 1 or 2?