I'm very surprised that the leafs didn't bother to do a basic vetting of social media before making the hire. I have no problem with them deciding to end the employment relationship because they don't want to have their brand associated with his values. I just can't wrap my head around them putting themselves in this position in the first place.
For anyone saying this is unfair, cancel culture, etc... if the leafs had done their homework there wouldn't even be anything to cancel. He just wouldn't have been hired in the first place... and there would be no story. That is the risk that anyone takes when they "like" tweets like those in question. It's not just that the likes are of highly questionable (or outright offensive) content. It's s that they demonstrate extremely poor judgement: If he didn't think publicly liking a "chicks with dicks" tweet might cause issues for him when applying for a job with one of the highest profile organizations in Canada (and one that attracts near 24/7 media attention), and that also happens to lend its brand, players, etc. to LTGBQ causes.... well then I'm not sure you can expect him to exercise any level of good judgement as an employee.
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