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I think if anything, it'll make people in the more liberal cities - their main market - more attracted to the company. You may disagree, but my feelings after reading this are to support Grubhub, whereas before I was neutral on them. I value companies that are dedicated to inclusion and discourage hate speech.

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> I think if anything, it'll make people in the more liberal cities - their main market - more attracted to the company.

I consider myself to be very liberal, and I live in New York, and I find that message to be gross as hell. I dislike everything Trump stands for, but I would likely quit if our CEO sent us an email like that.

I'm sure the CEO meant it to be an affirmation of the values that I hold myself to, but it reads more like a specifically political anti-Trump screed.

Before anyone accuses me of "being a fascist" for supporting this kind of censorship, take a moment to read the article again. He's not telling people to resign if they are pro-Trump, he's asking people who are going to actively make others' lives worse through hate-speech and derogatory action to resign. Remember that your liberties end where other's liberties begin.

Does that really need to be said? I'm sure it's already in the employee handbook that you can't call people racial epithets or sexually harass people.

Try to put yourself in the mindset of a Trump voter working st GrubHub and receiving that email. That wouldn't make you a little bit nervous? Would you really say to yourself "oh, yeah, I see what he's saying here" or would you clam up and live in fear of being outed?

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