@some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml • 1 year agoElon Musk vows to fund legal bill of X users who face employer discrimination due to ‘posting or liking something on this platform’fortune.comexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1109arrow-down116file-text
arrow-up193arrow-down1external-linkElon Musk vows to fund legal bill of X users who face employer discrimination due to ‘posting or liking something on this platform’fortune.com@some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml • 1 year agomessage-square28fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@Pagliacci@lemmy.mllinkfedilink16•1 year agoHe qualified it by specifying it’s if you were “unfairly” facing repercussions, which of course means he can deny or accept anyone he wants for any reason that he wants and still claim he’s upholding his pledge.
minus-squarepizza-bagellinkfedilink2•1 year ago“unfair” doesn’t mean shit in court. Either you were fired for a protected reason or you weren’t. Being a Nazi is not a protected class.
minus-square@Pagliacci@lemmy.mllinkfedilink1•1 year agoOf course, it’s just his “get out of jail free” card to save face publicly when he starts rejecting requests.
He qualified it by specifying it’s if you were “unfairly” facing repercussions, which of course means he can deny or accept anyone he wants for any reason that he wants and still claim he’s upholding his pledge.
“unfair” doesn’t mean shit in court. Either you were fired for a protected reason or you weren’t. Being a Nazi is not a protected class.
Of course, it’s just his “get out of jail free” card to save face publicly when he starts rejecting requests.