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Isn't it the reverse though? If a not notable person tweeted this stuff, it would have blown over and no one would have cared. But since he is notable it becomes a story

I think that was the point of the parents "public figures" comment

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> Isn't it the reverse though? If a not notable person tweeted this stuff, it would have blown over and no one would have cared. But since he is notable it becomes a story

This is not borne out by historical events.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/So_You%27ve_Been_Publicly_Sham...

If a non-notable person tweeted this, they might have lost their livelihood.

Um... Have you been on Twitter lately?

They might, or they might be one of thousands of people on a tuesday

Cancel mobs for stuff like this for Joe Average may have worked in 2018, but now are effectively over. It's equals parts a post-ZIRP cultural shift of companies no longer pretending to care about DEI, a post-Elon Twitter cultural shift for what's seen as acceptable, and a post-Oct 7 shift where, frankly, companies are now scared shitless to take political stances in general because of how sensitive the topic of the current war in the middle east is.

I'm sure his company's legal staff has reminded his employees to not engage in political action while appearing to represent their company. My company sure does.

How would it have blown over? Normal people with jobs lose them all the time due to making idiotic comments online that get back to their employer.

Note that I say "idiotic comments", not outright " F U and die" comments as is the case here.

It's their battlecry, not necessarily in tune with reality.

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