Comment by coldpie
8 years ago
I disagree that it's flamebait, but I do think this is all off-topic. But I just can't keep my dumb mouth shut when someone says that enforcing one's private religious views on others via the government is just fine.
8 years ago
I disagree that it's flamebait, but I do think this is all off-topic. But I just can't keep my dumb mouth shut when someone says that enforcing one's private religious views on others via the government is just fine.
A persons private religious views is no reason for a professional witch hunt. That is well beyond the pale of acceptable, and so is your comment.
There's no reason to turn this into a less reasonable version of a McCarthy type inquisition. Once we start up with that nonsense it doesn't lead to a good place. No matter how strongly you feel you are right.
To which "professional witch hunt" are you referring? Are "private religious views" still private when you are using the government to enforce them on others? Is a CEO who spends considerable sums of his own money to do harm to his own employees for no benefit fit to remain CEO? Are users not allowed to demand good behavior from the companies they support?
No. Users are not allowed to dictate private religious views to people who work for companies. That's unreasonable.
Boycotting a company because you don't like the political views of one of it's employees on the other hand is just silly.
What exactly is your issue with separating personal and professional life? Do you feel you should be professionally attacked or your company boycotted because you (presumably) support gay marriage and some people feel that's wrong? No, of course you shouldn't. You should have a right to vote, support, do whatever in this regard and it shouldn't affect you professionally.
Look, I personally support gay marriage. But this kind of behavior on the part of the "crusaders" is outrageous. It really is.
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