Straight Man gets fired for what he DIDN'T say on twitter

Not one of you can prove there would be negative effect the profits if they kept the employee there. This was a pre mature knee-jerk decision, and it's a constant act by corporate America to throw people under the bus based on paranoia. We never get to the point of finding anything out, because corporate America doesn't care about it's workers. They base everything on projection. Kangaroo courts of corporatism, levying guilt by association verdicts is a dangerous thing, my friends. And if you like this sort of decision by the WWE , and you agree with it, ask yourself " how many of you trust your stupid wife to not say something on twitter to get you fired?" We've insisted on women being able to have a say in politics in this country, and now we fire men over what women say. LOL disaster. So was it such a bad idea to keep them in the kitchen? We let these dames loose and now men are paying for it.

"The company had reason to worry about Mekelburg’s Islamophobia. In the early part of 2018, the WWE and Saudi Arabia finalized a controversial 10-year deal to bring pro wrestling there. Siino was negotiating TV deals in the United Arab Emirates, according to the WWE. Back in Fishkill, his wife was casting Muslims as subhuman filth." Also, didn't Trump just have Andrew McCabe the republican fired in part because of his wife? (Yes, I know the official story, but Trump was the one who brought the wife stuff up tons of times).

L L wrote:

No one was fired because who they loved.

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For example, I know better than to publicly post the views that I anonymously post here, for my professional sake and that of my wife.

Of course he was fired for who he loves. That's the story. That's the actual thing that happened here.

She posted anonymously just like you. I guess you better hope the press doesnt find out who you are, your wife could get fired and you seem to think the corporation is always right, so I guess she'd deserve it. Why dont you just be big man and have her fired yourself if you're such a corporate water carrier? (sarcasm)

just business wrote:

It's not about political correctness. It's just a business decision. They weighed the negative PR they'd get from firing the guy against the negative PR they'd get if they kept him on and the association became widely publicized, and decided that the former was better for them.

Spot on. Sounds exactly like the Kapernick/NFL thing to me.

I forget what I had wrote:

L L wrote:

No one was fired because who they loved.

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For example, I know better than to publicly post the views that I anonymously post here, for my professional sake and that of my wife.

Of course he was fired for who he loves. That's the story. That's the actual thing that happened here.

She posted anonymously just like you. I guess you better hope the press doesnt find out who you are, your wife could get fired and you seem to think the corporation is always right, so I guess she'd deserve it. Why dont you just be big man and have her fired yourself if you're such a corporate water carrier? (sarcasm)

It's not really pro-corporation to think that a company should be able to fire as they wish. An employee can basically quit whenever they want in most cases. Why shouldn't this go both ways? There are two parties to the contract, and they can both terminate the contract if they wish. Seems fair to me.

If an employee quit their job because they didn't like their employer's business associations, I wouldn't be complaining about that either.

Uh uh wrote:

@vincent wrote:

You're like a broken record. If the WWE thought profits would soar, they would do what you suggest.

The problem isn’t that profits wouldn’t soar (they would). The problem is the WWE doesn’t realize they would. WWE audience is the Trump crowd. These idiots running WWE just like MSM can’t seem to grasp why Trump is so popular - because he is not politically correct. I disagree with about a third of the things Trump says/does. I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t even like him if I met him. But I LOVE him!!! He is the biggest FU to the smarter-than-thou establishment since Continental Congress told off King George.

Exactly. I personally think that this is going to bite WWE on the buttocks in more negative publicity than they were trying to prevent.

I have no idea who this woman is, but the mere principle of firing somebody over a family member's opinion is about as anti-right wing and anti-Trump as you can get.

I'll tell you what - I'll continue to not watch WWE for you guys.

#solidarity

wejo wrote:

@vincent wrote:

Let's get this straight. The Trump loving WWE fires a guy, and you're blaming Democrats?

Good point. Linda McMahon who owns WWE works for Trump Administration. A better thread title would be can you fire someone because of what their spouse does?

I'm not a lawyer, but most employees are hired at will and can be fired or let go for just about anything as long as it isn't protected.

Lady sounds pretty disgusting not wanting to touch Muslims according to article below. But read the part about her friend in prison, really strange.

https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5b0d9e40e4b0802d69cf0264

Are you shittin' me?

That is a perfectly reasonable, debatable post about the political underpinnings of Islam. The extremists, the scary extremists are those clueless individuals who consider that debate to be extreme. Give me a break and at least do a minimum of reading and inquiry.

Huh, huh? wrote:

Are you shittin' me?

That is a perfectly reasonable, debatable post about the political underpinnings of Islam. The extremists, the scary extremists are those clueless individuals who consider that debate to be extreme. Give me a break and at least do a minimum of reading and inquiry.

It's perfectly reasonable and debatable to post a meme about wanting to BBQ Muslims?

Huh, huh? wrote:

wejo wrote:

Good point. Linda McMahon who owns WWE works for Trump Administration. A better thread title would be can you fire someone because of what their spouse does?

I'm not a lawyer, but most employees are hired at will and can be fired or let go for just about anything as long as it isn't protected.

Lady sounds pretty disgusting not wanting to touch Muslims according to article below. But read the part about her friend in prison, really strange.

https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5b0d9e40e4b0802d69cf0264

Are you shittin' me?

That is a perfectly reasonable, debatable post about the political underpinnings of Islam. The extremists, the scary extremists are those clueless individuals who consider that debate to be extreme. Give me a break and at least do a minimum of reading and inquiry.

I'm trying find examples of her posts which caused the problems. Has anyone found them?

Huh, huh? wrote:

wejo wrote:

Good point. Linda McMahon who owns WWE works for Trump Administration. A better thread title would be can you fire someone because of what their spouse does?

I'm not a lawyer, but most employees are hired at will and can be fired or let go for just about anything as long as it isn't protected.

Lady sounds pretty disgusting not wanting to touch Muslims according to article below. But read the part about her friend in prison, really strange.

https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5b0d9e40e4b0802d69cf0264

Are you shittin' me?

That is a perfectly reasonable, debatable post about the political underpinnings of Islam. The extremists, the scary extremists are those clueless individuals who consider that debate to be extreme. Give me a break and at least do a minimum of reading and inquiry.

Yep, that's a pretty solid, logical, politically incorrect opinion. Thus UNACCEPTABLE!!!

Just curious. It's the left that wants people censored and punished for speaking their minds. So what tenets of Islam do you offended-at-everything liberals agree with ? Is it the forcing of women to wear veils? The theocracy? Death for leaving the religion too? The killing of homosexuals off rooftops? Or is it the anti-evolution anti science position of Islam? The limits on abortion? How about child brides/rape? I can see why so many left-wingers want to make sure some bored housewife doesn't tweet too harshly about the ''religion of peace'', because after all it's not like Muslims stand for everything opposite of you what you outraged social justice warriors stand for, right?

Vincent Buliozeeee wrote:

https://westfaironline.com/103394/wwe-fires-exec-over-wifes-alt-right-twitter-account/#comment-544173

Ok democrats. Should a person be fired because of "who they love?" Will "love win?" Is marriage deserving of equal protection or just for gays? STraight man gets fired because of "who he loves" tweeting something. Is suppose hes supposed to divorce her to satisfy the corporation

I agree that firing someone purely because their wife is racist on Twitter, assuming the husband had no part, is wrong. But what on Earth is your post about?

Straight man fired. Is marriage only protected for gays?

What are you talking about you loon?

curiosity killed the feline' wrote:

Just curious. It's the left that wants people censored and punished for speaking their minds.

Like the National Anthem kneeling?

DiscoGary wrote:

Huh, huh? wrote:

Are you shittin' me?

That is a perfectly reasonable, debatable post about the political underpinnings of Islam. The extremists, the scary extremists are those clueless individuals who consider that debate to be extreme. Give me a break and at least do a minimum of reading and inquiry.

I'm trying find examples of her posts which caused the problems. Has anyone found them?

I was going to suggest you read the article - plenty of good examples in there - but then I realized it was you, and you probably did read it, and saw nothing wrong.

ex-runner wrote:

Vincent Buliozeeee wrote:

https://westfaironline.com/103394/wwe-fires-exec-over-wifes-alt-right-twitter-account/#comment-544173

Ok democrats. Should a person be fired because of "who they love?" Will "love win?" Is marriage deserving of equal protection or just for gays? STraight man gets fired because of "who he loves" tweeting something. Is suppose hes supposed to divorce her to satisfy the corporation

I agree that firing someone purely because their wife is racist on Twitter, assuming the husband had no part, is wrong. But what on Earth is your post about?

Straight man fired. Is marriage only protected for gays?

What are you talking about you loon?

The guy was fired because of who he loves. Not for anything to do with what he said or did, other than lovong someone and being married to them.

felinious wrote:

curiosity killed the feline' wrote:

Just curious. It's the left that wants people censored and punished for speaking their minds.

Like the National Anthem kneeling?

Like what? There was no real consequences levied to players who knelt. Just a lot of arguing and name caing. Who got suspended from the league? Who lost shoe contacts? Who was arrested? A lot of players demonstrated, and goodell didnt reallt do anything close to what the wwe leadership did in this case.

Does anyone else remember the good ole days when liberals used to think that is was a great injustice to fire someone for having ties or sympathies to a specific cause? The left has become the monster they think they are fighting.

The Hollywood blacklist - as the broader entertainment industry blacklist is generally known - was the practice of denying employment to screenwriters, actors, directors, musicians, and other American entertainment professionals during the mid-20th century because they were accused of having Communist ties or sympathies.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_blacklist

Disco Gary makes a great point.