From Drudge:
**Exclusive**
PLAYGIRL editor-in-chief Michele Zipp has been stripped of her duties after she revealed how she voted Republican in the 2004 election.
Zipp, in an e-mail, claims she was fired after an onslaught of liberal backlash.
"Hello Drudge,
"After your coverage of my article about coming out and voting Republican, I did receive many letters of support from fellow Republican voters, but it was not without repercussions. Criticism from the liberal left ensued. A few days after the onslaught of liberal backlash, I was released from my duties at Playgirl magazine.
"After underlings expressed their disinterest of working for an outed Republican editor, I have a strong suspicion that my position was no longer valued by Playgirl executives. I also received a phone call from a leading official from Playgirl magazine, in which he stated with a laugh, "I wouldn't have hired you if I knew you were a Republican.
"I just wanted to let you know of the fear the liberal left has about a woman with power possessing Republican views."
Developing...
Meanwhile, Ward Churchill -- known liar and alleged plagiarist and human being -- is still employed by the University of Colorado.
So...
It's now okay to fire someone for having political beliefs different from your own?
Sounds like she has a great lawsuit on her hands. Now if only the ACLU comes to her aid, the irony would be just delicious.
Cirby, it was always okay to fire somebody for having different political beliefs from your own. If by "okay" we mean "legal."
The line separating the folks I want to associate with from the folks I don't runs squarely through the difference between "right and legal" and "wrong and legal."
Jeff wrote:
'Cirby, it was always okay to fire somebody for having different political beliefs from your own. If by "okay" we mean "legal."'
I beg to differ. JTPA of 1983 specifically mentions political discrimination. See Sec.34.24 a(3)(iii) at the following url.
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/04nov20031500/edocket.access.gpo.gov/cfr_2001/julqtr/29cfr34.24.htm
i'm pretty sure that the editor of playgirl was not a position that was part of the JTPA...
in most states, employment is at will. you can be fired for anything, although most exclude disability, race, gender, etc (protected clasess). political belief is not a protected class, and lots of people got fired during the pres campaign for being rep or dem by dem or rep bosses.
again, right and legal, right and illegal, wrong and legal, wrong and illegal, are the 4 options. right != legal, right != illegal.
same as constitutional (see lawrence v texas, roe v wade, where my personal preferences are for the decision reached, but i think that they were wrong on the law). just cause something is wrong or bad, does not make it unconstitutional. see thomas' comments about the lawrence decision "silly" law, "would vote against it in the legislature", but within the bounds of the state's powers.
