> But critics accused the company of abandoning an employee who had stood for what’s right,
Adria Richards was the one who tried to start a witch hunt by talking photos of the two individuals who were just minding their own business joking around.
Just imagine this. Think of all the jokes you share with your close ones in your private time, off the record. Say one day, a random person suddenly takes photo of you and declare you a racist, sexist, rapist etc for overhearing what's supposed offensive to them. No matter how harmless the joke is, the damage is done. You'll be branded as whatever the person says you are.
Is this the type of behavior we want to promote by saying this is just action? Think really carefully before you defend such action. It can really ruin lives.
Adria Richards was the one who tried to start a witch hunt by talking photos of the two individuals who were just minding their own business joking around.
Just imagine this. Think of all the jokes you share with your close ones in your private time, off the record. Say one day, a random person suddenly takes photo of you and declare you a racist, sexist, rapist etc for overhearing what's supposed offensive to them. No matter how harmless the joke is, the damage is done. You'll be branded as whatever the person says you are.
Is this the type of behavior we want to promote by saying this is just action? Think really carefully before you defend such action. It can really ruin lives.