My opinion is that really shouldn’t matter what you’ve done, if you weren’t on the clock, your employer has nothing to say about it.
I can see exceptions when you are misrepresenting yourself as acting in an official capacity or if you are clearly “the public face” of the company (like an on-air personality or public spokesperson). On the face of it, none of that applies here.
Most professionals are expected to uphold the standards of their profession, whether on the clock or not, and that typically includes not bringing the profession into disrepute. That is why doctors, nurses, etc., who spread misinformation about COVID-19 vaccination were disciplined.
Fair enough. As I said, I can see room for exceptions, but the more control your employer has over your free time, the less free that time is. I’m not interested in going back to the days when a person could be fired for driving the wrong make of car.
That is a tough one, as it would also prevent employers from firing nazis or J6 insurrectionists as long as they keep it off the clock. But their bad actions can reflect poorly on the employer if they become public.
Part of me thinks what they do on their own time is none of the employers business, and another part of me thinks fuck those nazis, they deserve nothing but scorn.
I disagree. If I’m a welder in the back of the shop, nothing I do on my own time reflects positively or negatively on my employer as long as I leave my employer out of it. That some busybody wants to make it my employers business is unreasonable and unfair. And that goes double for the employer who decides to make it their business.
I think it’s quite clear that, in that case, the server is the face of that business. What happens if instead, the person is working in the back room keeping the books?
Basically any stance on this conflict besides "civilian casualties bad" is a shit take, I'm not going to be surprised if a reporter gets fired for conflating Israel v Hamas with Muslim v Jew
From your perspective, how does the current situation in Israel and the territories that Israel controls differ from Apartheid South Africa? I’m trying to understand your world view.
I’m trying to understand how it is different in your eyes. How is the Israeli government’s segregation different from the Apartheid South African government’s segregation? Obviously you see a distinction but it’s not obvious to myself and I want to understand your perspective.
Easy! It’s because now a religious group that has historically been the target of unjust discrimination and genocide, are now the ones doing the genociding! The difference is you have to be more delicate in your criticisms
I guess my point was not laid out very well. I highly doubt CBC would be firing someone for this, yet CTV is. The Conservatives want a news agency that will fire someone for speaking the truth and attending a rally about the death of their own people.
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