Sorry, another news from this asshole, but this is too much assholery to don’t be shared

Despite him being a shitty boss that fired employees that criticized him on twitter, he promised an “unlimited” legal defense fund to fight against employers that fired employees because of something they wrote on Twitter.

Under his tweet a lot of “verified” (=right wing) accounts plauded this and asked to fight employers who fired employees for having written something homophobic

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    I don’t know what kind of friends you have, but your employer is not your friend, nor your family.
    They are there to exploit your labour for profit, and will only ever defend themselves, never you.

    (this isn’t to say I agree with musk or anything, fuck him and anything he does, and fuck the bigots, they deserve consequences to their actions, but the idea that anyone would defend their boss like they would defend a friend makes me sad and angry and massively frustrated. Those contracts Karlos mentioned are 100% ass covering by a company that is more concerned with its reputation than it is with its employees, which when you consider we live in capitalism is to be expected, but it still seems to escape so so many people - 99% of employers don’t give two shits about you, including, and maybe especially, those who are really good at convincing you that they value “loyalty”)

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        expect consequences when you get caught talking shit.

        Sure, to a point.
        Ever wonder why they never fire the bigot before they go public? The bigots I’ve met in life have really sucked at keeping their mask on, do you really think their employers (and fellow employees) were oblivious? Or was it only when there was publicity involved and the company feared for their own reputation, rather than the safety of their other employees, that they do something about it?
        Yet if you tweet “my boss sucks”, it probably won’t go viral or get any publicity, but your employer can just as easily fire you for “talking shit” that literally didn’t cause harm to anyone.

        You specified:

        If you found your friend talking shit about you

        Meaning if the company found you talking shit about it, and the fact that you think your employer can and should have that level of control over your thoughts and actions is actually terrifying.

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          If one of my coworkers is making up shit on social media because they are angry about being expected to do their job, and as a result we lose contacts and have to fire a bunch of people, yeah I think that person should 100% get fired. Hyperbole cuts both ways.

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            Hyperbole cuts both ways.

            you’re the only one talking about people making up shit
            also your language (" because they are angry about being expected to do their job") gives away your agenda instantly and shows just how out of touch and/or brainwashed by corporate media you are.

            Talk about bad faith lmfao…

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          If I find out my company is a piece of shit I’m leaving, why shouldn’t they be allowed to end the arrangement?

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            im just a bystander to this conversation but it really seems like you saw all those words in that comment and treated them like a fart in the wind, and then just wrote whatever you felt like.

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            If I find out my company is a piece of shit I’m leaving

            that’s a really privileged position to be in that billions of others don’t have

            (don’t feel the need to add any more, @viq has it more than covered! 👍)

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              I’m not talking about them taking a dislike in you. I’m talking about you talking shit about the company or posting shit against laws or just plain offensive. If nobody can connect your profile to you/your company why should they care. If they can, it’s about them as well as it’s about you.

              At least in my country they can’t just fire you without reason. If you are a - for example - racist piece of shit on the internet and it can be tracked back to your company then hell yeah, they should at least give you a warning if not set you free.