I am deeply sorry - Oculus Rift founder Palmer Luckey
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Note that I'm not endorsing any side or candidate in my argument here (I take issue with both of them.) What I don't understand is how people can contribute to this situation and still think we live in a free country.
We're free to speak as we choose, however, the flip side is that we must also accept that there are sometimes consequences for doing so.
Being a racist or a misogynist is a thing we are. A job is just a thing we do. Finding a new job is far, far easier than changing the fundamental building blocks of our selves.
If Luckey loses his job, it will be because society has said "we don't like what you said and here's the consequence of that." If not, well, lucky him.
"Society" can do that? Who holds "society" accountable for right and wrong? (I need not remind you of how some societies have done vicious things in the past.)
We, collectively, hold society accountable for it's actions. We're not always right, society is not always wrong. There are laws and rules that govern society, not all of them stated, and they can take a lifetime to learn.
Way I see it, Luckey just got a lesson in the rules. You probably shouldn't worry - he's a billionaire. That's more than most people have when they get a sudden, harsh schooling.
Same for those actors who were fired during the Hollywood blacklist era. No problem with that, right? They just got a lesson in the rules.