Tripwire CEO out after tweeting support of Texas abortion law

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Ridiculous. Stating a political opinion on your personal social network account shouldn’t cause you to lose your job.

It should be if it's hateful towards 50%+ of the country's population.

Let’s not abuse words.

Here is the tweet:

> Proud of #USSupremeCourt affirming the Texas law banning abortion for babies with a heartbeat. As an entertainer I don’t get political often. Yet with so many vocal peers on the other side of this issue, I felt it was important to go on the record as a pro-life game developer.

Where is the hate?

It's hateful to a political party, not a sex. Claims that it's hateful to women are a lie. There are women in my family who are rooting for Texas.

I hope the former Tripwire CEO finds a workplace that better suits him. There are a lot of game companies in Texas.

Stating a political preference is not hateful to anyone. Let’s not lessen the meaning of the word “hate.”

The hate is towards the women who used to have a choice, and now, thanks to an ignorant, under-educated minority, do not have that choice.

I've seen people get fired for a lot less than pissing off literally half of the customers.

They make ultra violent gratuitous video games. Not to be too gendered, but I don’t think women make up half of their user base.

(Also, not all women are pro-choice.)

It’s Mozilla all over again.

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