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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 16 2018, @07:42PM (3 children)
I was wrong, political affiliation is not protected so I guess employers can fire someone just because they don't like what they say. Queue need for privacy and anonymity, let employers judge employees for what they do on the job.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 16 2018, @07:52PM (2 children)
You were right the first time.
CHAPTER 5. Political Affiliations [1101 - 1106] ( Chapter 5 enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 90. )
1101.
No employer shall make, adopt, or enforce any rule, regulation, or policy:
(a) Forbidding or preventing employees from engaging or participating in politics or from becoming candidates for public office.
(b) Controlling or directing, or tending to control or direct the political activities or affiliations of employees.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 16 2018, @08:03PM (1 child)
Not necessarily, political affiliation is protected (good) but the idea that the tweets fall under that category is definitely debatable.
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Sunday February 18 2018, @02:18PM
Political affiliation without speech or action is meaningless. It's like saying, "It's OK for you to be a Christian as long as you don't go to church or pray to Jesus."
It seems to me the pendulum has swung far enough, far too far, and now must swing back to a place where people are once again tough enough to hear words and opinions that might hurt their precious feelings. Freedom of speech does not at all mean that we have to like, or at least not find objectionable, what we hear; in fact, it is, always has been, and absolutely must, must be the exact opposite.
Washington DC delenda est.