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Posted on 06/06/2020 10:19:27 AM PDT by MarvinStinson
A writer for a “Law & Order” spin-off and the play-by-play broadcaster for the NBA’s Sacramento Kings found themselves out of jobs after making social media posts this week that their bosses found incendiary or insensitive, highlighting a surge in such firings across many lines of work.
Firings over social media statements have become a common occurrence, but the tense environment of nationwide protests have made Twitter, Instagram and Facebook especially dangerous for those who want to remain employed.
Craig Gore, who has worked on the shows “S.W.A.T.” and “Chicago P.D.,” was fired Tuesday from the forthcoming “Law & Order: Organized Crime” spin-off because of since-deleted Facebook posts. In one — captioned “Curfew…” — he’s shown holding a rifle on his front porch, and in another, he threatens to shoot looters who come near his home.
Gore’s boss, “Law & Order” franchise creator Dick Wolf, did not warn or suspend him but went straight to firing, saying in a statement, “I will not tolerate this conduct, especially during our hour of national grief.”
A lawyer for Gore did not respond to a request for comment.
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Grant Napear, longtime TV announcer for the NBA’s Sacramento Kings, was fired from his talk radio job and subsequently resigned on Tuesday from the team’s broadcast crew after he tweeted “ALL LIVES MATTER” to former Kings player DeMarcus Cousins when asked his opinion on the Black Lives Matter movement.
Grant Napear
Hey!!!! How are you? Thought you forgot about me. Haven't heard from you in years. ALL LIVES MATTER...EVERY SINGLE ONE!!! …
Bonneville International, owner of the radio station that fired Napear, said in a statement, “The timing of Grant’s tweet was particularly insensitive.”
Napear later tweeted, “I’ve been doing more listening than talking the past few days,” and “I believe the past few days will change this country for the better!”
Andre Miller
"All lives matter" is the go-to response from racist individuals when they're asked about #BLM. How could you be so tone-deaf to not know that? Even if it wasn't your intent to be racist, it was an incredibly dumb thing to say.
And the punishment of voices outside the establishment narrative is not just for the prominent.
Many others from public-facing institutions and businesses have been sanctioned, demoted, suspended or fired for politically incorrect statements online in recent days.
The principal trombonist from the Austin Symphony Orchestra was let go after a string of Facebook comments, including one in which she said black looters “deserve what they get.”
The personal accounts of police are under especially tight scrutiny.
A Denver officer was fired Tuesday for writing “Let’s start a riot” as the caption to an Instagram picture of himself and two fellow officers smiling in riot gear.
An officer in Fulton, New York, posted an Instagram image that read, “Black lives only matter to black people unless they are killed by a white person” and found himself out of a job.
"All lives matter" is the go-to response from racist individuals when they're asked about #BLM. How could you be so tone-deaf to not know that? Even if it wasn't your intent to be racist, it was an incredibly dumb thing to say.
The list is huge! Saying “White lives matter” will get you fired and blacklisted for life.
Still think we enjoy free speech?
Someone needs to ask if Brown Lives Matter...or Muslim Lives. It will be fun to see the response.
First Amendment? We don’t need no stinkin’ First Amendment!
The libtards are reverting to their fascist roots.
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Bake the cake
Stop discriminating against employees who vote for “the wrong party” out of two major political parties.
This is voter intimidation and the feckless FEC ought to do something about it. Same with the Justice Department.
Yes we do or we wouldn’t be able to post on this site. And though not as many there have been firings on the left because of things people have said.
Granted the things people on the right say are usually not incendiary or cruel for them to get fired. But let’s not go off the rails and say we have no free speech. We still have it and we need to use it while we do.
As well as preparing for the worst
What are you doing on a conservative website? Assuming that anyone who says “All lives matter” is a racist is classic leftist thinking. You are on the wrong website.
People need to avoid their compulsion to express themselves on social media. It will do nothing for you.
Heavenly Father, We pray for these individuals who have been wronged for exercising their free speech. Please bless them with new jobs. . .new opportunities. To You be all Honor and Glory. Please hear our prayers for America In Jesus Name, Amen
Something is not “insensitive” just because the leftist mob says it is. It sounds like you’ve accepted their rules.
It’s a quote from the article.
I would like to see all of our leaders sign a pledge stating that “all lives matter”.
What are you doing here?
Are you not bright enough to know that exposing what the enemy is up to is vital?
I found out a few days back that saying ‘All lives matter’ is considered to be racists. I was dumbfounded bc it seems like a very humane sentiment. I think the reason people use that expression in response to BLM is simply to say, you’re right.... Black lives do matter....but you really should include everyone in that statement...you’re not special... and I’m not that special either. We all matter equally and that god for that..
Anyway, that’s how I always took it to mean, but after Grant got fired I deleted all my social media links. I enjoy the back and forth of political discourse, but if something like ALM can get you fired, I don’t want any part of it anymore. This will be my last post on here as well. I’m going to keep my mouth shut and vote and that’s it.
So this hypocrite Dick Wolf doesn’t support law and order, even though he produces all of those shows under that name? Wonder how many armed security guards he uses?
I recommend a white star for those of us who are now in the beaten class, those of us just awaiting our fate at the hands of the mobs and their influential allies.
That is a RACIST lie to claim that.
All lives do matter, including the thousands of black babies killed in the womb every month by Planned Parenthood.
Just know that Instaputz and Facebutt are not your FRiend.
They will destroy you.
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