(May 1, 2014 at 10:58 am)SteelCurtain Wrote: Once again, the reality of the situation is that the comments got out. If you are advocating that if someone says some irresponsible and terrible shit in private, then it gets out by shady means, that the entire collective world should just say, "I don't care because it was clear he didn't mean for it to get out," well that is just ridiculous.You want a world of thought police. The fact is that his private beliefs did not noticeably have any effect on his public actions. The NAACP was prepared to offer him an award before all this.
The man's statements affected other people's ability to make money. The fact that those amounts are in the billions makes it all the more reason why he gets ousted. If you break the rules, even in private, but get caught, you still get punished.
We live in a different world then just a couple years ago. Privacy is gone...for everyone. As a society, we need to reflect more about how much latitude we give people in the privacy of their own minds.
Should we stop giving tenure to professors that ask uncomfortable questions? How about the voting booth? If it came out that Wasserman-Schultz voted for a couple Republicans should she be forces to step down? Is adultery really a disqualufier for public office? Should you lose your job because of a tweet your boss doesn't like. Calling for the resignation of anyone that deviates from public consensus in their personal life leads to witch hunts and blacklists.
