[chunkstuntman]

> Death of Fun

When your fun is directly at the expense of people who don't share your gender, skin color, class, or orientation, maybe it should die.

> this was speech on the internet. No one was physically harmed by my tweets. Relief was never more than a Block button away.

When you are a public figure of any kind, your personal values will either be exposed as soon as you are given a microphone or they will be unearthed later. The fact that he crafted these unfunny and tasteless jokes and is now pulling the "free speech" card while blaming others for not blocking his account sooner.

[warfangle]

People who pull the "free speech" card always seem to forget that while the government cannot infringe in this inalienable right, it does not insulate you from the social consequences of that speech.

[aqme28]

Also I don't think he was fired for his tweets, but for his opinions.

Put another way, he wasn't fired for tweeting hateful things, but for having those opinions. All his tweets did was show the world that he was this hateful person, one who shouldn't be in a position of power.

[intortus]

Nothing happened merely because he held opinions. It was when he began expressing them in a harmful and embarrassing manner that it became a problem for him.