[greekyogurt21]

Nah, the employee blackened the eye of the company he works for, potentially causing monetary loss. As a result of the employees controversial memo, the company deemed it necessary to terminate the employee to prevent any additional costs incurred with keeping him on. He's free to spew whatever nonsense he wanto, just like his employer is free to prevent themselves from losing money. :)

[peak_body_yo]

The devil's advocate says that there are many opinions that you would disagree should be fireable.

[weberc2]

It's illegal to fire people over their politics, and that's clearly what happened here.

[deong]

(1) It's not illegal to fire someone for their politics (it's not one of the enumerated protected classes under federal employment laws anti-discrimination law at least), and (2) it's not "clearly" what happened here -- arguably sure, but there are other ways to see it.

[gkop]

In fact regarding (1) CA state law adds a protected class "Political activities or affiliations", http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/california-employment...

[weberc2]

Oh shit. You're right; I thought for sure I read otherwise. My mistake. As my sibling commenter notes, it is apparently illegal in CA.

[greekyogurt21]

Ah yes, I totally forgot that "males are less neurotic and have more drive than females". Silly me. Good luck finding any women to work with you when you spew such nonsense. Aka creating a toxic work place

[Aunche]

Many psychological studies have confirmed psychological differences between men and women. It is not toxic to discuss these findings.

[weberc2]

It seems like half of this debate is utterly preoccupied with misrepresenting the other half. I guess the social justice position is too weak and it's adherents lacking in integrity.