Posted on 03/31/2017 7:25:39 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
Palmer Luckey is hanging up his headset at Facebook.
The 24-year-old virtual-reality wunderkind is leaving six months after it was revealed he secretly funded a pro-Donald Trump internet campaign that produced anti-Hillary Clinton “magic memes” and “s–tposting” during the presidential election.
Luckey’s $10,000 to Nimble America — whose memes included a “Too big to jail” photo of Clinton — came as Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg landed in the middle of a storm over “fake news.”
Last month, meanwhile, Facebook got slapped with a $500 million judgment from a federal jury in Texas for stealing trade secrets from Zenimax, a virtual-reality company where Luckey’s co-founder at Oculus had previously worked.
“Palmer will be dearly missed,” Oculus said, declining to comment on whether he was fired. “Palmer’s legacy extends far beyond Oculus. His inventive spirit helped kickstart the modern VR revolution and build an industry. We’re thankful for everything he did for Oculus and VR, and we wish him all the best.
Luckey was forced to apologize after the meme crisis, saying in a social media post that “recent news stories about me do not accurately represent my views.”
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Tolerant left strikes again.
Never apologize. Always a mistake.
Interesting...
Have they fired anyone for supporting HilLIARy?
Being good at your job no longer matters. Technical excellence? This is insignificant. The only measure which matters is that you must demonstrate unshakeable loyalty to The Party. To do anything less will risk a trip to the re-education camps, comrade.
You captured their feeling perfectly. They are literally Communists. That is a big reason why Communism fails. People in positions not due to being competent, but to party and ideological loyalty.
I’m confused...is Palmer Luckey one of those 1000’s of Russian trolls the left keep talking about that influenced the Election?...
Fascists
The 'oh so open minded' have shown their true colors once again...
“Being good at your job no longer matters. Technical excellence? This is insignificant. The only measure which matters is that you must demonstrate unshakeable loyalty to The Party. To do anything less will risk a trip to the re-education camps, comrade.”
Seriously! They already control the mainstream media and education system - now they’re demanding control of the internet so alternative viewpoints (which, by the way, soundly DEFEATED them in the last election!) cannot be expressed... and then they have the gall to stand there and call US “fascists”.
Perhaps Trump can hire him for his team.
...but when your headset sales run a distant fourth place in the market your press hype (based on hard work) created...
...and your lead programmer outright admits bringing the whole software architecture over from their old company...
...well then, there just might be a solid business-based argument for why you're being let go.
Yeah, I don’t get it. He’s already fired. Why apologize?
Unless he’s doing it to court potential employers.
Blacklist behavior, pure and simple.
1950. The great fear was being outed as a homosexual.
2017. The great fear is being outed as a conservative.
On what grounds did they fire him?
Heresy.
It’s final. The Left’s true meaning of tolerance is actually intolerance and manufacture of a mono-culture void of true diversity.
Ah, nothing like diversity!
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