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A Subnautica developer has reportedly been fired over controversial comments he previously posted to Twitter, with the game's sound designer Simon Chylinski tweeting that he has been ousted from his position at Unknown Worlds Entertainment.
Chylinski has come under fire recently after a number of recent comments he posted to Twitter were placed under the spotlight. The sound designer took to Twitter yesterday to post an update on his status with Unknown Worlds Entertainment, tweeting: "so. i just got fired.. :("
Isn't it illegal to fire someone for their political views in California? Unknown Worlds Entertainment may be in for one hell of an uncapped damages lawsuit.
Source: http://www.gamerevolution.com/news/366749-subnautica-dev-fired-controversial-twitter-comments
(Score: 2) by fadrian on Friday February 16 2018, @07:42PM (5 children)
Isn't it illegal to fire someone for their political views in California?
Prove that he was fired over this. I'd bet that the company can point to a lot of other undesirable behavior as well to justify his termination. Or maybe it's just that they're "rightsizing" his team. And, if all that fails, I'm sure they could find a couple of non-work tweets sent during business hours and hang him for misutilization of company equipment. Although I don't understand why the conservatives are up in arms... They were always all in on gaping "right to work" laws. A union might have protected him. Sad.
That is all.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 16 2018, @07:45PM
But now THEY are under attack!
Same with racism, its just a few bad jokes, locker room talk! Oh wait, now people are being mean to us! Muh oppression!
It'd be funny if it wasn't such a serious problem.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 16 2018, @08:28PM (2 children)
It's more difficult than you think. To look good in court the company has to issue warnings beforehand, set up a correction plan, and only if all that fails they can fire. Otherwise the company is an easy prey to an attorney. Most likely the firing occurred in a fit of rage expressed by one of senior members, and that was enough to overcome all the HR paperwork.
Also, I am not sure if the "racist" is a term in law books. Especially in politics. Politicians do "racist" things all the time. Just recall the muslim ban. In politics the truth of the speech is more important, and that's how his speech should be qualified by professionals. But putting the same speech on Twitter is not a wise move, as offensive properties of his writings there overcame the political statement in them.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 17 2018, @05:41AM (1 child)
islam isn't a race. muslims aren't a race. get your story straight. it wasn't racial discrimination, it was religious discrimination. BIG FUCKING difference. jesus.
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Sunday February 18 2018, @02:32PM
That is correct, but to further refine what the ban actually was from what the parent blurred it to mean, it was not a "muslim" ban but a ban on travel from a handful of countries where radical Islamic terror groups are known to operate. The list was Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen. It did not include Saudi Arabia, where the center of Islam, Mecca, is located, nor did it include the most populous muslim nation, Indonesia.
So it cannot be construed as a "muslim" ban because that is not what it was. You would only call it that if you were trying to stir up religious hatred and smear a government that is trying to do its job of protecting the nation from terrorist attack.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Friday February 16 2018, @09:33PM
Also . . . prove that what he was fired over was political views or political activity.
When did offensive hate speech become political? (Yes, I know such speech comes from the highest office.)
From what I read of googling some tweets, it didn't seem political. Just stupid and hateful. I wouldn't think that 'stupid and hateful' should be the hallmarks of a certain political view. But maybe I'm wrong.
The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.