08-10-2021, 03:34 PM
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#21
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
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Bingo - please delete all my "thanks".
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08-10-2021, 03:40 PM
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#22
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Calgary
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Anyone know the content he was liking? All I could see on Twitter was a few “Mike Pence betrayed Donald Trump” tweets and a “Donald Trump never called for violence” tweet.
I find it hard to believe he’d be fired just for that.
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08-10-2021, 03:43 PM
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#23
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Franchise Player
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Seems like he has a podcast. I assume his actual beliefs would be on display there?
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08-10-2021, 03:48 PM
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#24
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Draft Pick
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I took a look at some of his ‘likes’ shown in the linked Twitter post. Nothing racist or transphobic there. The though-policing of the current era is disgusting.
Calling something racist doesn’t make it so.
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08-10-2021, 03:48 PM
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#25
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Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Springbank
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PepsiFree
Getting fired for likes? Yikes!
Sorry, mostly liked how that sounded. Normally I would say that likes shouldn't represent opinions, but I dunno, if he was out there liking a bunch of the exact same thing then... maybe? Toronto is free to do whatever they want.
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I’d say a collection of likes gives you a pretty good idea of an opinion, especially on twitter, where you don’t have to like something to comment on it.
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08-10-2021, 03:50 PM
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#26
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2016
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All the more reason to not have social media when you're going to face public scrutiny.
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08-10-2021, 03:51 PM
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#27
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Springbank
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Originally Posted by RodimusPryme
I took a look at some of his ‘likes’ shown in the linked Twitter post. Nothing racist or transphobic there. The though-policing of the current era is disgusting.
Calling something racist doesn’t make it so.
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Saying “nothing racist or transphobic there” doesn’t make it so.
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08-10-2021, 03:55 PM
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#28
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Draft Pick
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GioforPM
Saying “nothing racist or transphobic there” doesn’t make it so.
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Are you a child? Racism is a career-destroying accusation. The onus is on the person making the claim.
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08-10-2021, 04:00 PM
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#29
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Originally Posted by RodimusPryme
Are you a child? Racism is a career-destroying accusation. The onus is on the person making the claim.
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All you have to do nowadays is make the claim and the career will be destroyed. There is no such thing as innocence.
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08-10-2021, 04:02 PM
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#30
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#1 Goaltender
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PepsiFree
Getting fired for likes? Yikes!
Sorry, mostly liked how that sounded. Normally I would say that likes shouldn't represent opinions, but I dunno, if he was out there liking a bunch of the exact same thing then... maybe? Toronto is free to do whatever they want.
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08-10-2021, 04:03 PM
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#31
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Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Springbank
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RodimusPryme
Are you a child? Racism is a career-destroying accusation. The onus is on the person making the claim.
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No, I’m 58 years old and as a lawyer I can tell you there’s no “onus” on anyone here. In fact, if he wants to sue for defamation, he will have to deal with the claim, say it’s false, and the onus will be on him.
ETA: not to mention, liking stuff by no rods like Dean Cain, Lauren Boebert etc displays a lack of intelligence that an NHL team probably would want to address.
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08-10-2021, 04:04 PM
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#32
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Originally Posted by GioforPM
No, I’m 58 years old and as a lawyer I can tell you there’s no “onus” on anyone here. In fact, if he wants to sue for defamation, he will have to deal with the claim, say it’s false, and the onus will be on him.
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Meanwhile, his career has already been destroyed, and nobody had to substantiate anything. You like that situation?
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08-10-2021, 04:05 PM
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#33
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Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Springbank
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jay Random
Meanwhile, his career has already been destroyed, and nobody had to substantiate anything. You like that situation?
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His career was destroyed by him. Every NHL team educates its members on social media behaviour. I like personal responsibility. The Leafs have every right to terminate his contract and if he thinks they don’t he has a remedy, since he lives in Canada and not most US states.
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08-10-2021, 04:07 PM
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#34
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Calgary
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Key lesson - if you want to have opinions, don't work for other people. 
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08-10-2021, 04:09 PM
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#35
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Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Edmonton,AB
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jay Random
Meanwhile, his career has already been destroyed, and nobody had to substantiate anything. You like that situation?
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Why would people need to substantiate anything when it is already readily available for anyone to see on social media
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08-10-2021, 04:11 PM
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#36
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GioforPM
His career was destroyed by him. Every NHL team educates its members on social media behaviour. I like personal responsibility. The Leafs have every right to terminate his contract and if he thinks they don’t he has a remedy, since he lives in Canada and not most US states.
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So a quick question for you, if the CEO and Chairman of the company is a Trump supporter and doesn't agree with BLM or Antifa can an employee be fired for posting support for those groups when the corporate policy was set by someone who doesn't agree with those groups?
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08-10-2021, 04:14 PM
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#37
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: In my office, at the Ministry of Awesome!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RodimusPryme
I took a look at some of his ‘likes’ shown in the linked Twitter post. Nothing racist or transphobic there. The though-policing of the current era is disgusting.
Calling something racist doesn’t make it so.
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Ahhh he liked a tweet that said "So chicks with dicks can compete in the Olympics as women, but smoke a bit of giggle weed and it's an uproar..."
It was literally the first one on the list of liked tweets, but yeah, nothing transphobic about there....
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08-10-2021, 04:15 PM
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#38
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by GioforPM
His career was destroyed by him. Every NHL team educates its members on social media behaviour. I like personal responsibility.
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You like people acting according to what you think is responsible. You like seeing people destroyed for disagreeing with your political opinions. That much is clear.
Believe me, one day they'll be coming for you. Because you have already said something, somewhere, that is not ‘woke’ enough for whatever the standard will be next year, or five years from now. The hot-button issues will change, and the minute you are on the wrong side of one, the rage mobs will turn on you.
I've seen it happen many times.
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08-10-2021, 04:16 PM
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#39
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Robo
Why would people need to substantiate anything when it is already readily available for anyone to see on social media
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And it's a slam-dunk decision that what he said should be punished by the loss of his career, is it?
You must be very very lucky never to have said anything in your life that you could be cancelled for.
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08-10-2021, 04:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Firebot
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Congrats on being someone who would fire someone for liking one tweet?
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