gmaverick019 said:
"case in point" the douche who did it was fired, not only that but his "reputation was tarnished", try being him and getting a job anytime soon besides random drive through clerk at mcdonalds on the night shift. yeah I think he has earned his tid bit of "hate", not to mention, everyone here has mentioned it's happened to them/someone they know on quite a common occasion, therefore they don't really care about the guy that is a common occurrence, they care about the guy who is SUING because he left his facebook open and was fraped, if this was liable to go through, you realize how many lawsuits a year the government would be dealing with? thousands if not millions. that is why he is getting beleaguered, not to mention how he reacts saying his "reputation is tarnished" because he got simply fraped.
just because someone's view is different than yours, doesn't mean they don't show "integrity", or can't think for themselves. Honestly if the BB employee wasn't fired and obviously had his future curbed by having that on his file for the rest of his life, then yeah, people probably would be peeved at him.
Tell me, if a woman goes to mcdonalds and the worker delivering it to her "purposely" drops it on her shirt to see her in a wet shirt, and she goes to work and has to deal with telling everyone that it was a mcdonalds worker who did it when she went to get her coffee this morning, do you think for a second she would win a case if she sued mcdonalds? she could use the same argument "my reputation was tarnished in front of my co workers and boss, I have never been so ashamed"
hell no, that shit wouldn't work. (not exactly the same, as we are discussing sexual orientation there, but still, makes a point.)
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Um...I guess you're not quite up to par on history then? A woman, who spilled her McDonalds coffee ON HER SELF, sued McDonalds and won millions. That's almost the exact same as your little tale, only worse since it was literally her own fault.
Not saying it was right, but it kinda invalidates your claim of "it'll never happen."
But anyway, I think you missed my point. People aren't just annoyed at this guys reaction to the situation, they're actually
attacking him with insults and insinuations. For example, the original news article implied the man was homophobic. Not once did the man actually say he hates gay people. Not once. He simply said his reputation is tarnished because he's had to constantly explain to people that he is, in fact, not gay.
You seem awfully willing to jump to conclusions on this whole thing. Which is one of the problems I've been pointing out and one that lends itself to my claim of "lost integrity". It has nothing to do with differing opinions. You, and many others on here, just immediately took the news article at face value and assumed the man was a homophobe. Likewise, you're also making assumptions as to the sorts of things he's had to deal with since this whole thing started. You don't know how it's effected his life. For all you know, because of this accusation, his entire social and working life have been altered. His boss may treat him differently now, even threatening to fire him, over this.
That doesn't make the boss right. That would make him a bigger douche than you presume this man to be. But, it may be something he's had to deal because of the little shit-head at Best-Buy.
My point is, you're quick to assume you know exactly what this guy's had to deal with. And because of this, your quick to dismiss his plight and assume he's just over-reacting.
As for the Best-Buy employee, I'm glad the shit-head lost his job. He should lose more than that. However, I would hardly consider being fired from Best-Buy "life altering" or something that would "tarnish" his reputation. If you believe that, then I...I...I just don't know what to say, honestly.
If anything, based on the rather childish reactions of people online to this whole story, I'd imagine he would better his reputation. Being that so many people are practically defending the his obnoxious actions.
Okay. Almost-side-tracked rant over. Feel free to misinterpret. I'm sure you'll make sweeping judgments of me based on things I haven't said. Hell, you'll probably toss a "...he isn't very fond of homosexuals" in your response for good measure, right? Because that shows real integrity.
