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Originally Posted by transplant99
Is it not the narrative that if you were a racist in the past, you have to answer for it with your job now?
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No, that is not the narrative. The narrative is that employers may, from time to time, decide that certain types of employee past misconduct, in certain circumstances, may make such employees unsuitable for their current employment and choose to terminate them, either with or without cause (depending on the circumstances.)
On the other hand, elected officials, who are not actually employees (but instead are office holders), may prove to be unelectable due to past misconduct. That determination is largely made by voters every few years, and no doubt depends on a myriad of factors and calculations, likely different for each and every voter.