Yes, and that reprimand had two appropriate components:
- Termination of employment
- Public scorn and ridicule
My concern lies solely with our culture’s recent tendency to take penalization for alleged actions into its own hands.
This fellow broadcast a stupid and grossly offensive remark, and failed to apologize. Now he’s been fired (#1) and is being publicly shamed (#2). Your concerns are noted, but I’m sure this fellow will survive.
I find myself getting more and more frustrated when I see some article trigger a demand for punishment that seems completely disproportionate to the circumstance.
The punishment here is completely proportionate to the circumstances that engendered it, and claiming otherwise is just silly.
