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Originally Posted by DiracSpike
The New York Times can hire and fire whomever they want, as a private corporation they have that right.
I just find it funny that the crusaders here are bending over backwards to defend all of her tweets when if it was a white person that tweeted "oh man it's kind of sick how much enjoyment I get out of being cruel to old Arab women" you'd all be going nuts that that person was hired.
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Because context matters, and rarely is there a situation where you can just swap things around and has it be the same.
Her tweets aren’t a good look, but she had a good explanation.
Just like James Gunn’s tweets.
Just like Josh Hader’s tweets.
You just have to hope it’s a learning moment and they prove that those tweets were either A) not representative of themselves, or B) they can show the growth required.
But ignoring context, and calling people “crusaders” and playing the white-victim card really doesn’t give you much of an argument, and makes you look petty.
I think we can probably agree that the movement towards looking at tweets (for example) in a more measured way, is a good thing. So pointing out hypocrisy and throwing out insults when that happens is counter productive, you never want to use negative reinforcement on positive change. Should it swing back the other way, then yeah, that’s a good time.
I guess, what I find funny, is how some people are more interested in playing “gotchya!” then having people from “the other side of the isle” see things their way, even if for a moment. It’s sad.