Posted on 01/30/2021 5:52:58 AM PST by lowbridge
The president of a literary agency based in New York City said Monday on Twitter that one of the agency's employees was terminated after her use of conservative social media sites Parler and Gab was discovered.
Colleen Oefelein, who identified herself on Twitter as an associate literary agent with the Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency, appeared to confirm her termination in a tweet on Monday morning.
"Well thanks Twitter and @JDLitAgency," Oefelein wrote. "I just got fired because I'm a Christian and a conservative."
Jennifer De Chiara serves as the agency's president and senior agent, according to the agency's website. The agency identifies itself on Twitter as a "full-service literary agency representing children's literature for all ages, adult fiction, non-fiction, and more since 2001." Its website says that 12 other literary agents aside from De Chiara work with the agency.
In a series of tweets posted Monday morning, De Chiara wrote that the agency decided to terminate Oefelein after her use of Parler and Gab was brought to the agency's attention. The tweets were initially accessible to the public, but by late Tuesday afternoon they were listed as protected. A notice on Twitter said access to the tweets is granted only to De Chiara's approved followers.
"The Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency was distressed to discover this morning, January 25th, that one of our agents has been using the social media platforms Gab and Parler. We do not condone this activity, and we apologize to anyone who has been affected or offended by this," De Chiara wrote. "The Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency has in the past and will continue to ensure a voice of unity, equality, and one that is on the side of social justice."
"As of this morning, Colleen Oefelein is no longer an agent at
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Sue until she owns the joint.
and the Republicans are quiet
In time, revenge will be sweet for her. She’ll get a better job with a better firm.
Is NY an at will state?
so the fired her for being a Republican...she didn’t even post anything questionable.
Sue for what? Employment in the United States is generally at-will. Doesn’t sound like she has a union or anything.
All states are at-will states with the theoretical exception of Montana.
Who are the clients of the agency? Who are the other agents?
Calling Lin Wood..
Anything she can think of. Wrongful termination, violation of her civil rights, etc.
In time, revenge will be sweet for her. She’ll get a better job with a better firm.
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Likely blacklisted in her entire field.
Sure, at-will employment. And Democrats/Liberals will that conservatives remain jobless or become jobless.
New York is an ‘at-will’ employment State. Without a contract restricting termination, generally an employer has the right to discharge an employee at any time for any, or no, reason, providing it is not an act of illegal retaliation or discrimination.
providing it is not an act of illegal retaliation or discrimination.
Those are frivolous arguments (and she’ll likely be stuck paying her ok’d employers’ legal expenses) unless she was fired for one of the exceptions expressly listed in the law - there are only a few of those and political beliefs/public speech are not one of them.
Incremental pursuit......constant surveillance.......they never let up.....Cancel culture
The thought occurred to me recently....
...I finally understand why most of the Jews of Europe didn’t fight back.....
...they were worn down to the bone
....their spirit was weary of every ounce of energy just to stay alive....
The fight had gone out of them
And they had been disarmed AND their means of communication taken away.....(hide the radios)
We’re not there YET!
But with all the Holocaust books I’ve read and visiting the Holocaust Museum in Washington.....
.....the signs are here on a daily basis
Until Conservatives start acting like Antifa, by vandalizing their homes and businesses these “Good Germans” will continue to expel us from society.
Since she and her employer wrote that she was fired for posting on parler and gab, that doesn’t seem to be either discrimination or retaliation.
Do they censor Libtards like Twitter does conservatives? Does Parler or Gab have a de facto editorial policies?
What is a “literary agency”? And then, which one?
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