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Netflix Fires PR Chief After Use of N-Word in Meeting

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i find 'the n-word' also offensive. we need to refer to it ...
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cr. just said the same to my wife, almost word for word. It'...
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“Three months later he spoke to a meeting of our Black Emplo...
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Like the confessions in “The Killing Fields”
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seems excessive
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The use of the phrase “N-word” was created as a euphemism, a...
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If this dude didnt hate niggers before he hates them now. 18...
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highly religious people will offer first born as sacrifice. ...
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Of course he has to plug their shitty show
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I think this was really all about an ad for the show and the...
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This is severe mental illness.
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i'm not sure whats going on anymore.
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"For non-Black people, the word should not be spoken as...
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He originally uttered the word when lunch was brought into t...
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"JESUS ONLY THREE NIGGA SHRIMP?!?!"
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What the fuck is "descriptive use"? That's incredi...
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As alluded to above, the work could also have been modifying...
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"I realize that my privilege has made me intellectualiz...
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just don't say the word. it's not that hard
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i get the sentiment, but this is a pretty basic one and you'...
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there is a difference, and I think if you try hard enough yo...
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I'd like you to teach us.
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don't use the n-word in the office
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(logic masterman)
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Netflix is litwrallly a content producer that makes and buys...
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he has a right to say the word you foolish cunt
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and they have a right to fire him if his behavior is not in ...
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most people here would agree that businesses should be allow...
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your man Jordan Peterson doesn't agree http://www.youtube.c...
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Thought crime! Speech crime! Take him away!
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MODS! He said the c-word.
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Close call for you, there. Way to restrain yourself.
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they were literally having a meeting about these words and t...
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Guy's name is Friedland and he worked in shitlib cultural in...
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he was saying "don't say nigger"
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Date: June 22nd, 2018 7:48 PM
Author: Useless Space Giraffe

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/jonathan-friedland-exits-netflix-1122675

In lengthy internal memo, CEO Reed Hastings addressed letting go top communications executive Jonathan Friedland: "His descriptive use of the N-word on at least two occasions at work showed unacceptably low racial awareness and sensitivity."

Netflix is letting go of its top communications spokesman.

Jonathan Friedland, who's served as the streaming giant's chief communications officer for the past six years, is out at the company after "insensitive" remarks he made to his team. Sources say that Friedland used the N-word in a meeting with other Netflix staffers, some of whom later reported the incident. Per insiders, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings sent a company-wide email explaining Friedland's firing around 12:45 p.m. PT on Friday (see below for the full memo.)

Friedland, a former Disney executive, first joined Netflix in February 2011 as vp global corporate communications, and was promoted to the top comms role the following year. A replacement for Friedland has yet to be named.

"I’m leaving Netflix after seven years," said Friedland in a statement to The Hollwood Reporter. "Leaders have to be beyond reproach in the example we set and unfortunately I fell short of that standard when I was insensitive in speaking to my team about words that offend in comedy. I feel awful about the distress this lapse caused to people at a company I love and where I want everyone to feel included and appreciated. I feel honored to have built a brilliant and diverse global team and to have been part of this collective adventure in building the world’s leading entertainment service."

In his post, Friedland oversaw media and content publicity for the streamer's original series, films and specials in 190 countries around the world. In addition to previously serving as senior vp corporate communications at The Walt Disney Co., Friedland was also formerly a foreign correspondent and editor for The Wall Street Journal and Far Eastern Economic Review.

The shake-up comes as Netflix, led by Hastings, ended the first quarter with 125 million subscribers worldwide, with expectations to add 6.2 million in the second quarter. Just last week, the company's shares closed 3 percet higher to a new record of $404.98, even as the broader markets fell. The platform has been increasingly pushing into international territories and expanding its roster of originals to include more unscripted content of late.

Here's the full memo Hastings sent out to Netflix employees about Friedland's firing.

All:

I’ve made a decision to let go of Jonathan Friedland. Jonathan contributed greatly in many areas, but his descriptive use of the N-word on at least two occasions at work showed unacceptably low racial awareness and sensitivity, and is not in line with our values as a company.

The first incident was several months ago in a PR meeting about sensitive words. Several people afterwards told him how inappropriate and hurtful his use of the N-word was, and Jonathan apologised to those that had been in the meeting. We hoped this was an awful anomaly never to be repeated.

Three months later he spoke to a meeting of our Black Employees @ Netflix group and did not bring it up, which was understood by many in the meeting to mean he didn’t care and didn’t accept accountability for his words.

The second incident, which I only heard about this week, was a few days after the first incident; this time Jonathan said the N-word again to two of our Black employees in HR who were trying to help him deal with the original offense. The second incident confirmed a deep lack of understanding, and convinced me to let Jonathan go now.

As I reflect on this, at this first incident, I should have done more to use it as a learning moment for everyone at Netflix about how painful and ugly that word is, and that it should not be used. I realize that my privilege has made me intellectualize or otherwise minimize race issues like this. I need to set a better example by learning and listening more so I can be the leader we need.

Depending on where you live or grew up in the world, understanding and sensitivities around the history and use of the N-word can vary. Debate on the use of the word is active around the world (example) as the use of it in popular media like music and film have created some confusion as to whether or not there is ever a time when the use of the N-word is acceptable. For non-Black people, the word should not be spoken as there is almost no context in which it is appropriate or constructive (even when singing a song or reading a script). There is not a way to neutralize the emotion and history behind the word in any context. The use of the phrase “N-word” was created as a euphemism, and the norm, with the intention of providing an acceptable replacement and moving people away from using the specific word. When a person violates this norm, it creates resentment, intense frustration, and great offense for many. Our show Dear White People covers some of this ground.

Going forward, we are going to find ways to educate and help our employees broadly understand the many difficult ways that race, nationality, gender identity and privilege play out in society and our organization. We seek to be great at inclusion, across many dimensions, and these incidents show we are uneven at best. We have already started to engage outside experts to help us learn faster.

Jonathan has been a great contributor and he built a diverse global team creating awareness for Netflix, strengthening our reputation around the world, and helping make us into the successful company we are today. Many of us have worked closely with Jonathan for a long time, and have mixed emotions. Unfortunately, his lack of judgment in this area was too big for him to remain. We care deeply about our employees feeling safe and supported at Netflix.

Much of this information will be in the press shortly. But any detail not in the press is confidential to employees.

-Reed



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Date: June 22nd, 2018 7:53 PM
Author: naked burgundy den

"There is not a way to neutralize the emotion and history behind the word in any context. The use of the phrase “N-word” was created as a euphemism, and the norm, with the intention of providing an acceptable replacement and moving people away from using the specific word. When a person violates this norm, it creates resentment, intense frustration, and great offense for many."

somebody tell this nigga Reed about exposure therapy

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Date: June 23rd, 2018 12:18 AM
Author: Balding Parlour Laser Beams



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Date: June 22nd, 2018 7:49 PM
Author: Multi-colored idiotic locale

He was talking about its use in stand up comedy? Libs are insane

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Date: June 22nd, 2018 7:51 PM
Author: cerebral bull headed gas station

lol

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Date: June 22nd, 2018 7:52 PM
Author: Lime shitlib crotch

lol he merely said the actual word when discussing sensitive words rather than saying “the n word”? wtf

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Date: June 22nd, 2018 7:54 PM
Author: Multi-colored idiotic locale



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Date: June 22nd, 2018 7:55 PM
Author: Jade Menage Reading Party



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Date: June 22nd, 2018 7:55 PM
Author: angry bipolar indian lodge fat ankles



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Date: June 22nd, 2018 7:55 PM
Author: bat-shit-crazy contagious dingle berry site



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Date: June 22nd, 2018 7:58 PM
Author: Vibrant library

Apparently

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Date: June 22nd, 2018 8:17 PM
Author: Rose pungent home

HE SAID IT AGAIN! YOU'RE ONLY MAKING IT WORSE FOR YOURSELF!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYkbqzWVHZI&frags=pl%2Cwn

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Date: June 22nd, 2018 8:21 PM
Author: Fantasy-prone Violent Codepig Karate

liberalism = religion, indeed.

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Date: June 22nd, 2018 8:57 PM
Author: nubile appetizing hell foreskin



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Date: June 22nd, 2018 9:11 PM
Author: Infuriating Fighting Alpha

libs really don't realize this is what they're like now

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Date: June 25th, 2018 12:44 AM
Author: shimmering sound barrier



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Date: July 12th, 2018 9:20 AM
Author: Turquoise university hunting ground



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Date: June 22nd, 2018 7:54 PM
Author: angry bipolar indian lodge fat ankles

... the steaming giant's chief communications officer

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Date: June 22nd, 2018 8:30 PM
Author: Rose pungent home



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Date: June 23rd, 2018 4:11 PM
Author: aphrodisiac roast beef



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Date: June 22nd, 2018 7:55 PM
Author: jet-lagged abode clown

i find 'the n-word' also offensive.

we need to refer to it as 'the word that dare not be described'

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Date: June 22nd, 2018 9:56 PM
Author: outnumbered flesh hissy fit

cr. just said the same to my wife, almost word for word. It's the Voldemort word, and we give it power every time we refuse to say it.

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Date: June 22nd, 2018 7:56 PM
Author: jet-lagged abode clown

The Word Formerly Known As Nigger

it's just an abstract symbol now

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Date: June 23rd, 2018 8:58 AM
Author: Doobsian vivacious ratface black woman

And that symbol is an eggplant.

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Date: June 22nd, 2018 8:13 PM
Author: topaz thirsty love of her life theater

“Three months later he spoke to a meeting of our Black Employees @ Netflix group and did not bring it up, which was understood by many in the meeting to mean he didn’t care and didn’t accept accountability for his words.”

To be fair, he should really have stated every meeting with an apology for at least six months. Just common sense.

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Date: June 23rd, 2018 8:57 AM
Author: bat shit crazy avocado temple

Like the confessions in “The Killing Fields”

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Date: June 22nd, 2018 8:15 PM
Author: apoplectic costumed internal respiration senate

seems excessive

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Date: June 22nd, 2018 8:16 PM
Author: Diverse Coiffed Shrine Ceo

Hahaha. Makes me proud to be a Soviet just watching what weve done to you Yankee faggots.

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Date: June 22nd, 2018 11:12 PM
Author: house-broken vigorous state



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Date: June 22nd, 2018 8:21 PM
Author: Rose pungent home

The use of the phrase “N-word” was created as a euphemism, and the norm, with the intention of providing an acceptable replacement and moving people away from using the specific word. When a person violates this norm, it creates resentment, intense frustration, and great offense for many. Our show Dear White People covers some of this ground.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36293735)



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Date: June 22nd, 2018 8:24 PM
Author: Diverse Coiffed Shrine Ceo

If this dude didnt hate niggers before he hates them now. 180 way to red pill a dude.

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Date: June 22nd, 2018 8:26 PM
Author: Fantasy-prone Violent Codepig Karate

highly religious people will offer first born as sacrifice. you do not get libs at all.

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Date: June 22nd, 2018 8:58 PM
Author: flushed bearded stag film kitty

Of course he has to plug their shitty show

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Date: June 22nd, 2018 9:05 PM
Author: Rose pungent home



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Date: June 22nd, 2018 11:14 PM
Author: house-broken vigorous state

I think this was really all about an ad for the show and the fact the guy wanted to leave/ was being fired anyways. Netflix is trolling at this point. They all are.

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Date: June 22nd, 2018 11:47 PM
Author: navy coldplay fan garrison

hehe

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Date: June 22nd, 2018 8:24 PM
Author: comical location

This is severe mental illness.

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Date: June 22nd, 2018 9:38 PM
Author: Blue scourge upon the earth

i'm not sure whats going on anymore.

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Date: June 22nd, 2018 8:27 PM
Author: adulterous roommate stage



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Date: June 22nd, 2018 8:31 PM
Author: Salmon wonderful locus mother

"For non-Black people, the word should not be spoken as there is almost no context in which it is appropriate or constructive (even when singing a song or reading a script)."

No.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use–mention_distinction

http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=33789

http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/005349.html

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36293796)



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Date: June 22nd, 2018 8:31 PM
Author: Rose pungent home

He originally uttered the word when lunch was brought into the meeting from a local Thai restaurant

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36293797)



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Date: June 22nd, 2018 8:33 PM
Author: Yellow Anal Lettuce Lodge

"JESUS ONLY THREE NIGGA SHRIMP?!?!"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36293810)



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Date: June 22nd, 2018 8:33 PM
Author: Salmon wonderful locus mother

What the fuck is "descriptive use"? That's incredibly vague.

Descriptive Use 1: "That lady on the corner called me a 'stupid nigger.'"

Descriptive Use 2: "You are a stupid nigger."

1 and 2 aren't close to the same.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36293808)



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Date: June 22nd, 2018 9:06 PM
Author: Vibrant library

As alluded to above, the work could also have been modifying a noun, such as "shrimp."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36293980)



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Date: June 23rd, 2018 3:50 PM
Author: provocative puce pocket flask toaster



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36297237)



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Date: June 23rd, 2018 9:05 AM
Author: boyish fishy athletic conference forum

niggardly

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36295745)



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Date: June 22nd, 2018 8:52 PM
Author: Salmon wonderful locus mother

"I realize that my privilege has made me intellectualize or otherwise minimize race issues like this."

Intelligent reflection is racist.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36293920)



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Date: June 22nd, 2018 9:09 PM
Author: aromatic organic girlfriend institution

just don't say the word. it's not that hard

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36293990)



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Date: June 22nd, 2018 9:10 PM
Author: Vibrant library

Also, keep your ear to the ground for the new season's list of problematic terminology to be periodically released on an ongoing basis.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36293997)



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Date: June 22nd, 2018 9:20 PM
Author: aromatic organic girlfriend institution

i get the sentiment, but this is a pretty basic one and you're being obtuse

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36294037)



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Date: June 22nd, 2018 9:23 PM
Author: Vibrant library

No, I'm not. It's the difference between getting fired for calling your coworker an asshole and getting fired for telling your coworker someone called someone an asshole. I'm all for not swearing in a professional environment, but an environment that will fire you for accurately describing a third-party's use of language is fucking toxic.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36294055)



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Date: June 22nd, 2018 9:31 PM
Author: aromatic organic girlfriend institution

there is a difference, and I think if you try hard enough you just might be able to solve this logic puzzle

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36294092)



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Date: June 22nd, 2018 9:33 PM
Author: Salmon wonderful locus mother

I'd like you to teach us.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36294101)



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Date: June 22nd, 2018 9:34 PM
Author: aromatic organic girlfriend institution

don't use the n-word in the office

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36294107)



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Date: June 22nd, 2018 10:58 PM
Author: Vibrant library

(logic masterman)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36294448)



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Date: June 23rd, 2018 9:00 AM
Author: bat shit crazy avocado temple

Netflix is litwrallly a content producer that makes and buys shows that say “nigger.” Is the word to be mummed be everyone involved, the writers, the actors, the executives, except for the moment is it said on camera and then sent off to be viewed by millions of Netflix subscribers? Like they are handling sarin gas before it is released?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36295735)



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Date: June 22nd, 2018 9:16 PM
Author: rusted cracking really tough guy

he has a right to say the word you foolish cunt

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36294019)



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Date: June 22nd, 2018 9:19 PM
Author: aromatic organic girlfriend institution

and they have a right to fire him if his behavior is not in line with their (incredibly basic) set of cultural norms. you are the misfit outcast that doesn't want to play by the rules, and that's fine, but that's also why you are unemployed in Cleveland

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36294033)



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Date: June 22nd, 2018 9:21 PM
Author: Multi-colored idiotic locale

lol flame

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36294040)



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Date: June 22nd, 2018 9:22 PM
Author: Vibrant library

And we are free to call them mentally defective prudes and stifling ideologues for firing someone based on legitimate use of language without any ill intent.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36294045)



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Date: June 22nd, 2018 9:26 PM
Author: aromatic organic girlfriend institution

yea, Netflix, such stifling idealogues. We are the future! We say what we want, even if mom told us not to! With their crippling policies, Netflix will never make it!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36294068)



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Date: June 22nd, 2018 10:58 PM
Author: Vibrant library

I'm not sure what makes you think stifling ideologues never achieve their goals.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36294450)



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Date: June 22nd, 2018 9:26 PM
Author: Infuriating Fighting Alpha

most people here would agree that businesses should be allowed a great deal of freedom in who they hire and who they don't, or what services they provide or don't, as I assume you agree that, say, a bakery shouldn't have to make a cake for an event they don't approve of.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36294067)



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Date: June 22nd, 2018 9:28 PM
Author: aromatic organic girlfriend institution

your man Jordan Peterson doesn't agree

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QO9j1SLxEd0

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36294077)



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Date: June 22nd, 2018 9:29 PM
Author: Infuriating Fighting Alpha

do you? or are you only "businesses can do what they want" when it comes to firing non-woke pariahs?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36294083)



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Date: June 22nd, 2018 9:33 PM
Author: aromatic organic girlfriend institution

i don't give a shit about cakes. my only point is he could have easily kept his well-paid job at a company that is soaring by not saying a simple word that every person in this thread knows they can't say in the office

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36294106)



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Date: June 22nd, 2018 9:34 PM
Author: Infuriating Fighting Alpha

well no shit

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36294108)



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Date: June 22nd, 2018 9:35 PM
Author: aromatic organic girlfriend institution

tell that to Wilbur who started this subthread wasteland

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36294112)



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Date: June 22nd, 2018 9:42 PM
Author: rusted cracking really tough guy

you're a dumb bitch

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36294131)



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Date: June 23rd, 2018 9:01 AM
Author: bat shit crazy avocado temple

Thought crime! Speech crime! Take him away!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36295737)



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Date: June 22nd, 2018 9:22 PM
Author: Salmon wonderful locus mother

MODS!

He said the c-word.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36294047)



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Date: June 22nd, 2018 9:24 PM
Author: Vibrant library

Close call for you, there. Way to restrain yourself.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36294056)



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Date: June 22nd, 2018 9:16 PM
Author: Infuriating Fighting Alpha

"just don't sin," said the Puritan. "it's not that hard."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36294024)



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Date: June 22nd, 2018 9:40 PM
Author: Blue scourge upon the earth



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36294126)



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Date: June 23rd, 2018 3:40 PM
Author: Razzmatazz Overrated School



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36297183)



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Date: June 23rd, 2018 9:00 AM
Author: Doobsian vivacious ratface black woman

Nigger

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36295736)



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Date: June 22nd, 2018 9:13 PM
Author: Infuriating Fighting Alpha

"When overheard by an employee to have yelled the word when alone in his office, Friedland later claimed he'd merely been remembering an embarrassing event from his past and was directing the word at himself."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36294005)



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Date: June 22nd, 2018 9:24 PM
Author: Vibrant library

Well that's weird.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36294057)



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Date: June 22nd, 2018 11:16 PM
Author: soggy brass theater stage



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36294540)



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Date: July 12th, 2018 9:14 AM
Author: yapping abusive point background story

mods

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36410832)



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Date: June 22nd, 2018 9:41 PM
Author: Blue scourge upon the earth

trump really needs to address this type of insanity that is going on in corps and college campuses.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36294130)



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Date: June 22nd, 2018 10:04 PM
Author: 180 keepsake machete

what is there to address? netflix is an openly-shitlib media company based in california. i think trump should do the opposite, and use his DOJ to investigate them for not hiring enough blacks and mexicans. and the investigation should use this guy's language as proof of hostile work environment.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36294235)



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Date: June 23rd, 2018 9:03 AM
Author: bat shit crazy avocado temple

He should just tweet and tell people to cancel their Netflix accounts.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36295742)



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Date: June 23rd, 2018 9:58 AM
Author: Submissive Wrinkle Hall



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36295860)



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Date: June 22nd, 2018 10:15 PM
Author: Salmon wonderful locus mother

Obama: "it's not just a matter of it not being polite to say nigger in public."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36294274)



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Date: June 22nd, 2018 11:07 PM
Author: impertinent range blood rage

lol christ. trumpmos have no idea what world they’re living in. not saying this word in the workplace is a fuckng layup. its one of the easiest tests youll ever have thrown at you. if you guys really dont get that then i dont know what use we have for any of you.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36294494)



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Date: June 22nd, 2018 11:13 PM
Author: Salmon wonderful locus mother

That neither justifies the existence of the "test" nor the punishment for failing it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36294521)



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Date: June 22nd, 2018 11:15 PM
Author: Blue scourge upon the earth

they were literally having a meeting about these words and the dude, not wanting to minimize the impact of the word, used the actual word. and gets fired.

what in the actual fuck is going on.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36294532)



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Date: June 22nd, 2018 11:15 PM
Author: Salmon wonderful locus mother

John McWhorter, "If President Obama Can Say It, You Can Too," http://time.com/3930797/obama-maron-interview/

"People have had a hard time wrapping their heads around the fact that referring to the word is not the same as using it."



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36294533)



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Date: June 22nd, 2018 11:24 PM
Author: Vibrant library

"People have had a hard time wrapping their heads around the fact that referring to the word is not the same as using it."

TL;DR version: People are morons.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36294597)



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Date: June 22nd, 2018 11:20 PM
Author: sapphire box office

Guarantee you this guy’s a shitlib. Also, as a shitlib you should be praying these stories stop

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36294567)



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Date: June 22nd, 2018 11:22 PM
Author: Blue scourge upon the earth

THIS. shitlibs have no idea how damaging this insanity is to their brand.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36294581)



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Date: June 23rd, 2018 12:19 AM
Author: Balding Parlour Laser Beams



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36294894)



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Date: June 22nd, 2018 11:21 PM
Author: Vibrant library

Yes, same with reciting a loyalty oath to work in Hollywood in the 1950s. The point is not whether reciting the oath is easy.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36294578)



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Date: June 23rd, 2018 12:04 AM
Author: Heady tan stead jewess

A boomer partner dropped this in a meeting once, really wish he had gotten got on atl

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36294828)



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Date: June 23rd, 2018 8:57 AM
Author: bat shit crazy avocado temple

https://youtu.be/DIrUHVFkm9A

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36295726)



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Date: June 23rd, 2018 8:58 AM
Author: brilliant spot



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36295728)



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Date: June 23rd, 2018 9:01 AM
Author: Doobsian vivacious ratface black woman



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36295738)



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Date: June 23rd, 2018 9:10 AM
Author: bat shit crazy avocado temple

Lol at this pussy still apologizing on Twitter even after he was fired. Thoroughly brainwashed and hoping to let back into some menial job at the Politburo after many years of groveling over his “grievous sin.”

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36295750)



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Date: June 23rd, 2018 9:10 AM
Author: Thriller Rough-skinned Place Of Business

“Voldemort”

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36295751)



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Date: June 25th, 2018 12:44 AM
Author: Infuriating Fighting Alpha



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36304410)



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Date: June 23rd, 2018 9:25 AM
Author: Useless Space Giraffe

Guaranteed the guy who got fired will vote for Trump in 2020.

Libs can’t stop themselves from alienating people— they are jihadis 100% committed to their cause.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36295780)



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Date: June 23rd, 2018 9:57 AM
Author: nubile appetizing hell foreskin

Guy's name is Friedland and he worked in shitlib cultural industry. Not likely.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36295855)



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Date: June 23rd, 2018 9:29 AM
Author: Useless Space Giraffe

One other thing— eventually new platforms will emerge as talented people wiped out in the lib Cultural Revolution form new companies and set up SJW-free environments.

This may be the fate of the United States itself, hopefully without a civil war. Normal people will not submit to the rule of demented shitlib jihadis.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36295791)



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Date: June 23rd, 2018 9:48 AM
Author: adventurous gunner tanning salon

Honestly, what is their end game? All white males are working in menial labor and blacks own all the capital in the country and are philosophizing about the meaning of rap lyrics from their Ebony Tower?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36295835)



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Date: June 23rd, 2018 10:06 AM
Author: smoky soul-stirring depressive rigpig

Sounds fun actually

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36295887)



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Date: June 23rd, 2018 3:31 PM
Author: chestnut twisted kitty cat

it's getting that way now, lot's of white men going into construction because the pay is what a lot of white collar people make and way easier to climb the ladder when so many of your coworkers are ex-felons

it's a good thing to be in right now because of the housing boom, but if you're a guy like DBG, nobody is going to take you seriously

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36297146)



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Date: June 23rd, 2018 12:36 PM
Author: Fuchsia Death Wish

Yes. That’s the natural endpoint of a ban on saying nigger at work. Slippery slope.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36296495)



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Date: June 23rd, 2018 9:51 AM
Author: adventurous gunner tanning salon

Dude should flip the script and allege that the CEO said “nigger” all the time in private.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36295847)



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Date: June 23rd, 2018 10:16 AM
Author: adventurous gunner tanning salon



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36295912)



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Date: June 23rd, 2018 12:18 PM
Author: swashbuckling fear-inspiring prole

Glad i canceled netflix

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36296405)



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Date: June 23rd, 2018 12:29 PM
Author: glittery haunted graveyard church



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36296466)



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Date: June 23rd, 2018 12:39 PM
Author: Fuchsia Death Wish

How retarded are Trumpmos to get so upset over this? Yes, in the workplace, as much as you’d like to, you can’t say nigger and you can’t tell your colleagues they have beautiful tits.

Oh the repression.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36296503)



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Date: June 23rd, 2018 3:43 PM
Author: Salmon wonderful locus mother

I'd rather not live in a world where idiots conflate the use-mention distinction and then punish mere mentions because their three neurons had an irrational reaction.

But maybe you're ok with that.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36297201)



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Date: June 23rd, 2018 3:45 PM
Author: smoky soul-stirring depressive rigpig

To be fair, he is a PR guy. If nigger just rolls off his lips casually in front of people then I wouldn’t be surprised if he had other race issues.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36297217)



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Date: June 23rd, 2018 4:13 PM
Author: aphrodisiac roast beef

That’s not fair at all

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36297321)



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Date: July 12th, 2018 9:16 AM
Author: yapping abusive point background story



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36410842)



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Date: June 23rd, 2018 3:55 PM
Author: swashbuckling fear-inspiring prole



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36297255)



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Date: June 24th, 2018 2:17 PM
Author: adventurous gunner tanning salon

he was saying "don't say nigger"



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36301672)



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Date: June 23rd, 2018 5:08 PM
Author: wild business firm mental disorder

There but for the grace of God...

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36297542)



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Date: June 24th, 2018 2:18 PM
Author: lavender erotic electric furnace community account

so he used the world in the context of a meeting explaining which words are NOT OK and should not be used and this was STILL grounds for firing him? LJL

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36301673)



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Date: June 25th, 2018 12:58 AM
Author: Magical Galvanic Queen Of The Night

I have little sympathy for him. He was trying to be one of the cool, smart tolerant guys. "Oh it's no big deal if we say it, we can't make it the boogie man."

Hey dipshit, people are absolute idiots and you work for a corporation. Just don't say the magic word or the villagers are going to throw you in the lake for being a witch.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36304429)



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Date: July 12th, 2018 8:59 AM
Author: apoplectic costumed internal respiration senate



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008352&forum_id=2#36410799)