It's actually funny, because I feel like _on basis of the title_ I'd agree with the author, and the topic of not punishing people in a work context for social-space mistakes (especially historical) is one close to my heart, and is one I've argued for in the past at my own expense.
But the way in which the author argues their point rendered the article nearly unreadable to me.
I stopped reading when they accused "Internet Nazis" of being the reason Price was fired (in the GW2 drama.) As a member of that game community, her behavior towards a paying customer, IN HER CONTEXT AS AN EMPLOYEE, was unacceptable in any way shape or form. Remove the male/female dynamic, and the way she responded (including calling game fans "rando assholes" and claiming that she only "pretended to care") is enough to get _ANY_ employee at the companies I've worked for shitcanned. There was absolutely an internet hubbub, but I have no doubts in my mind (especially given that the incident happened on july 4th and was handled immediately at work-start the next day) the decision would have been made in isolation by any business conscientious of the negative impact of their employees on the bottom line.
The amount of distortion present in many writeups like this makes it unfortunately difficult to trust other smaller establishments without a track record I can rely on, and I think further poisons the discourse such that those who would trumpet "Fake News" as a catch-all can feel vindicated.
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But the way in which the author argues their point rendered the article nearly unreadable to me.
I stopped reading when they accused "Internet Nazis" of being the reason Price was fired (in the GW2 drama.) As a member of that game community, her behavior towards a paying customer, IN HER CONTEXT AS AN EMPLOYEE, was unacceptable in any way shape or form. Remove the male/female dynamic, and the way she responded (including calling game fans "rando assholes" and claiming that she only "pretended to care") is enough to get _ANY_ employee at the companies I've worked for shitcanned. There was absolutely an internet hubbub, but I have no doubts in my mind (especially given that the incident happened on july 4th and was handled immediately at work-start the next day) the decision would have been made in isolation by any business conscientious of the negative impact of their employees on the bottom line.
The amount of distortion present in many writeups like this makes it unfortunately difficult to trust other smaller establishments without a track record I can rely on, and I think further poisons the discourse such that those who would trumpet "Fake News" as a catch-all can feel vindicated.