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bArray[dead post] ◴[] No.21193402[source]
> Engaging in any act that, in Blizzard’s sole discretion, brings you

> into public disrepute, offends a portion or group of the public, or

> otherwise damages Blizzard image will result in removal from

> Grandmasters and reduction of the player’s prize total to $0 USD, in

> addition to other remedies which may be provided for under the

> Handbook and Blizzard’s Website Terms.

This is why "cancel culture" needs to end, companies simply shouldn't be getting involved in the speech of an individual. Yes, some words are hurtful, but overall it just doesn't pay off for anybody. You can always find somebody who is offended, this is just a race to the bottom. We're also now seeing the negative effects come through onto LGBT keywords and Youtube monetization.

As for worrying about China, if you even trip up once you'll find yourself kicked out. If you play their game, you'll be rewarded by having to hire state spies into your company architecture, your software back-doored, your customers censored and your source code cloned. And for your participation the CCP will take a large percentage of your profits within China.

Also, seeing how much of a percentage the CCP takes from places such as the film industry, I'm surprised other Countries don't just match it - why should one Country demand so much tax and the others not? What's worse is that governments then invest tonnes of time and money trying to protect these rackets, whereas the CCP puts in very little to no effort in upholding copyrighted material (unless such copyright is Chinese held).

1. erikpukinskis ◴[] No.21193812[source]
> This is why "cancel culture" needs to end, companies simply shouldn't be getting involved in the speech of an individual.

Wait, are you saying there’s nothing anyone could say to you that would make you not want to work with them?

As long as it’s “just words” you welcome it in your workplace?

There’s no level of verbal abuse that you consider grounds for dismissal?

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2. bArray ◴[] No.21194330[source]
> Wait, are you saying there’s nothing anyone could say to

> you that would make you not want to work with them?

I am human, of course I can be personally offended. But if I had some fair competition and the winner happened to disagree with my political leanings, it's tough cheese. The moment your company becomes political, there is an expectation that they react to every single outrage. No sane person would link the beliefs of the rightful winner to the companies public facing ethics, but, if you continuously inject yourself in such matters, it becomes expected of you.

> As long as it’s “just words” you welcome it in your

> workplace?

> There’s no level of verbal abuse that you consider grounds

> for dismissal?

The work place is something different, there is an agreed etiquette which is there to ensure productivity. Employees can typically bring their personal lives into the office up until the point it causes disruption.

I've been in a high stress work place with people verbally abusing each other. It could have been grounds for firing, but it was resolved by simply taking them aside and talking with them. In other cases I've had quite interesting discussions in a coffee break about politics that I didn't agree with. None of these cases reflected on the company itself and neither of these cases I would expect the company to weigh in on.