Trial by social media. Now CEOs have to walk on eggshells because their sponsors could pull out because of some cherry-picked tweet. Paddy is a smart guy who also revealed bias in the Irish Media not so long ago. He didn't need to resign IMHO.
That said, I agree, he didn’t need to resign but he may have done so to avoid further negative attention to avoid a Streisand effect.
Like, you can say what you want, unless that's also illegal (credible death threats, hate speech etc...) and the government won't stop you or imprison you, but no company is required to protect you or keep employing you based on that concept. There are other protections in place that limit corporations' ability to terminate you, just not relating to speech, at least in the US. I'm not sure how different the system in Ireland is.
People have been canceled due to comments on social media for more than a decade at this point. This is nothing new.
This is the tree we got from the seeds that we let grow.
It's best practice to keep your cards close to your chest when promoting a brand or business -- so this isn't some new 'trial' by social media. The advantage lies with those who choose to be 'apolitical' rather than those who pick a side for their brand to align with.
Seems perfectly ok. His comments here seem relatively tame and seems like an overreaction, but other orgs are free to associate with whom they choose are they not?
Note: You have the option to just say one of the following and not answer the question.
- Isreal has the right to defend itself.
- Hamas started this and isreal is defending itself
- They elected hamas and isreal has the the right to defend itself
- The jews people suffer is enormous and can justify anything.
I was saying that resigning over these comments seems like an overreaction. I did not mention nor am I going to make any specific comments about the conflict.