[Houmatt]

First off, Adam Smith is a fool if he thinks reasonable people will buy into his baloney re: his "original intent."

Second, he attempts to place at least some of the blame at the feet of his "inspiration," Jackson Pearce. While I strongly recommend you watch the video posted at the Blaze website that she created, I also beseech you to look at the follow-up, which can be found HERE. See if you notice the same things I did.

[prisoner6]

Probably mentioned before but I want to see an interview with the young lady who was working the window.

[RoosterRedux]

This guy is incredibly immature for the CFO of a company. I can’t imagine someone in his position who is unaware that actions on his part the reflect poorly on his employer might have serious repercussions.

[Truth is a Weapon]

He is the one who harassed a low-level employee who was just doing her job. He is the one who berated someone who has absolutely no input on company policy. He is the one who targeted a company that has never been accused of discrimination in hiring or in serving customers. And he is the one who documented his poor judgement on the web. And he is the one who embarrassed his employer that they had such a selfish, mean, self-important jerk in their company.

Trying to drum up a micro-gram of sympathy, trying, trying. Sorry, that request timed out.

[Vendome]

[Presbyterian Reporter]

He harassed an employee at Chick-fol-A and then he had the unbelievable stupidity to post the harrassment for the world to see.

A lot of things can be overlooked but gross stupidity in the top management ranks cannot be condoned.

A company cannot set a precedent that stupidity is ok. Otherwise, the management loses all of their rights to discipline employees.

[This Just In]

SMITH IS A PANTY—picking on a girl. I’d like to see him waltz up to a 6’5” man whose sporting tattoos on his neck. We’ll see how tough Smith is.

[SpaceBar]

The victimizer becomes the victimized. This daily parade of commie agitprop street theater is getting tiresome.

[New Jersey Realist]

It couldn’t have happened to a nicer gay!

[bcsco]

I’ve never been able to stand Beck on his TV show, too much histrionics, and too much wearing his religion on his sleeve. Nor have I ever listened to his radio show. I have no reason to be aware of his association with The Blaze, nor do I much care. Period. Paragraph.

[SUSSA]

He needed to be fired. Hopefully, he will not find another job as an officer of a company. The chance is far too great that he will once again harm the company’s public image through his actions. No company can afford to take that chance.

[lowbridge]

Bump

[RoosterRedux]

The really fun part here is that the guy didn't just lose his job...he killed his career.

Soon he will be applying to Chick-Fil-A for a job behind the counter. Wonder what CFA will say?

[Iron Munro]

There is a lot of misunderstanding about the Bill of Rights and the First Ammendment right to free speech.

The First Ammendment protects citizens from government restrictions on their free speech. A state or city government official banning a business because he does not agree with the business owner’s biblical beliefs would be a violation of the owner’s first ammendment rights.

The First Ammendment does not protect “free speech” in a non-governmental environment.

It is perfectly legal for a private citizen or private business to place restrictions on the speech of others. A person cannot demand you allow him onto your property so he can berate you or espouse beliefs that offend you.

In this case, Adam Smith’s former employer has a legal right to terminate his employment for conduct they find inappropriate and harmful to their business. There is no First Ammendment protection.

[New Jersey Realist]

This guy is a bigger loser than Obummer.

[Valpal1]

Should someone be fired from their job... because they have an opinion different than yours?

Absolutely, if they express their opinion in such a place and manner that it brings public disrepute down upon the employer.

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

[RichInOC]

I’m sorry to hear he’s been threatened. That said, businesses have the right to make sure their C-suite officers aren’t frothing lunatics...especially not frothing lunatics who are stupid enough to capture themselves live on video being frothing lunatics.

[Pearls Before Swine]

Adam Smith is a fool if he thinks reasonable people will buy into his baloney re: his "original intent."

He enjoyed an opportunity for self-aggrandizement, and sadistic bullying against a trapped employee who couldn't do anything. He came to the window under false pretenses--asking for a glass of water, so he could unload. He was so proud of himself that he posted a video. He was so cowardly that he then retracted it, unsuccessfully.

His protestation that it is free speech is BS. He was using what he thought was sanctioned public opinion to be a bully just this side of assault. Psychologically, he's the same type that enjoys beating girls in Arabia because their ankles show, or driving them back into a school building on fire because they ran out without their full covering. He's a power tripper.

The leftists who support him don't care about any reality except furthering their pet causes. That's why, when normal people are outraged (a few outrageously outraged) about his conduct, they scream "Free speech! Free Speech! Intolerance!"

If he were my employee, he'd be gone in a minute. Of course, he's mount an employe suit, but I'd do my best to ream him if he did. No recommendations from me--I'd provide his video. If he had any people reporting to you, how do you think he'd treat them?

[Milton Miteybad]

It would not surprise me in the least if this clown had received a death threat or two. Given the thoughtless nature of his acts, and the worldwide publicity surrounding the whole episode, I'd be more surprised if he had received no threats at all.

Notwithstanding the existence or absence of any death threats, the possibility thereof should have been the first thing he thought about when he decided to embark on this ill-considered course of action.

Adam Smith: "I think I'll go down to Chick-Fil-A, order a cup of ice water, then publicly berate the poor worker at the window about something over which she has absolutely no control. I'll film the whole sorry episode, whether the clerk wants me to do so or not, then post it to YouTube, and wait for the accolades to roll in. Yeah...that seems like a solid plan."

Except he didn't stop to think what could happen after hitting the "Send" button. It's crystal clear that his thought process stopped at the point where he posted the spectacle to the Internet, whereas people who aren't using raw sewage for brains would usually stop and say to themselves, "Hey...wait a minute. Maybe most people are going to see the poor food service worker as a victim, and me as her tormentor. Then there could be some blowback...maybe somebody would find my personal information and use it to harass me because I made a giant buttmunch out of myself."

The fact that Mr. Smith failed to do this, more than anything else, is the reason his employer was forced to cut his cord. He exhibited a level of extraordinarily poor judgment that his employer found to be incompatible with the profile they believe their chief financial officer should have.

[Hemingway's Ghost]

See if you notice the same things I did.

Jackson Pearce is super-humanly annoying?

[Hemingway's Ghost]

Also, I swear to Holy Hell that if I hear one more dopey person mess up the understanding of "establishment of religion," I'm going to go bananas.

I swear, some people still think it means setting up a religion, or an entity that equals a religion.