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Subnautica Dev Fired Over Controversial Twitter Comments

posted by Fnord666 on Friday February 16 2018, @07:09PM   Printer-friendly
from the get-fired-in-140-chars-or-less dept.

MrPlow writes:

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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

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 16 2018, @07:56PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 16 2018, @07:56PM (#638992)

    Ah, strange they don't put that in the list I found (gov site). I'm not certain whether non-political tweets counts here, he wasn't engaging in any politics aside from general opinion about the world. The legal definition might be much more narrow, otherwise everything could fall under "politics".

  • (Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Friday February 16 2018, @08:37PM (1 child)

    by Grishnakh (2831) on Friday February 16 2018, @08:37PM (#639019)

    The legal definition might be much more narrow

    That's what I'm thinking. Otherwise, all you have to do is find a political candidate somewhere who's an actual Nazi (like the guy in Ohio or Wisconsin or something now, I just saw an article a few days ago) who espouses some obviously horrific things, then make posts supporting those same things (which are blatantly racist/sexist/supporting genocide etc.), then when you get fired claim it was "political". Any opinion at all can be construed to be "political".

    Surely what the writers of that law really meant was that an employer couldn't prevent you from running for political office, or demanding that you vote a certain way.

    • (Score: 1) by redneckmother on Saturday February 17 2018, @06:45PM

      by redneckmother (3597) on Saturday February 17 2018, @06:45PM (#639398)

      s/guy in Ohio or Wisconsin or something/elected officials in D.C./

      :-)

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