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Jeffrey Phillips Freeman Innovator & Entrepreneur in Machine Learning, Evolutionary Computing & Big Data. Avid SCUBA diver, Open-source developer, HAM radio operator, astrophotographer, and anything nerdy. Born and raised in Philadelphia, PA, USA, currently living in Utrecht, Netherlands, USA, and Thailand. Was also living in Israel, but left. Pronouns: Sir / Mister (Above pronouns are not intended to mock, i will respect any persons pronouns and only wish pronouns to show respect be used with me as well. These are called neopronouns, see an example of the word "frog" used as a neopronoun here: http://tinyurl.com/44hhej89 ) A proud member of the Penobscot Native American tribe, as well as a Mayflower passenger descendant. I sometimes post about my genealogical history. My stance on various issues: Education: Free to PhD, tax paid Abortion: Protected, tax paid, limited time-frame Welfare: Yes, no one should starve UBI: No, use welfare Racism: is real Guns: Shall not be infringed LGBT+/minorities: Support Pronouns: Will respect Trump: Moron, evil Biden: Senile, racist Police: ACAB Drugs: Fully legal, no prescriptions needed GPG/PGP Fingerprint: 8B23 64CD 2403 6DCB 7531 01D0 052D DA8E 0506 CBCE

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Well no, not always... The owner is taking a risk, the company may not succeed and the owner may not just not see the profits, he may loose his entire life's savings int he venture...

The difference is while the owner may loose everything, the worker is garunteed to be paid for the work he does and will continue to earn a paycheck week after week.

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Replying to df43c9af...

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What you are arguing for is rewarding corruption above integrity, nepotism above merit, and the politics of bigotry above tolerance.

nostr:npub1a8n2ephk59cwxlrtz6ywrvuar4p2rev3jkytcrhms8wnsqvwwp3smekxed @heidilifeldman@mastodon.sociaNo thats not what im arguing for.

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They arent people who are working? The what now?

also no, I addressed your second point already. If they had inside information about corruption, then yes, you should hold them accountable. Now if your expecting them to act on corruption becoming publicly known, there is a formal system in place to investigate those claims and act on them. It is not an employees responsiblity to determine their bosses innocence or guilt, or to hold him accountable for it.

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nostr:npub1myhgl7l8qpddvxlvjgmdcw7wsstt7xtsqvn6c23dz8ldur2w0alsxx3wa5 I never said the issue was organization vs individual.. they arent a political party, they arent a political individual. They are neither. What they are is an organization whose purpose it is to harass minorities.

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I am have been working as a COVID research scie tist for the past 2 years. One thing i can say with fairly good certainty at this point is that COVID will never be over. It i, like the flu, is here to stay. That said we can take best practices measures when dealing with it like we do with most common illnesses.

Mask wearing makes sense if your sick and around people or they are sick. For the general population, not so much anymore, thats over the top.

Better ventilation is probably a good idea to address disease in general so i can get behind that.

If people cant get vaccinated thats a problem, better vaccine access for sure too if thats an issue there.

Businesses allowing for open floor plans seems fine to allow, to restrict that also seems overkill to me.

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How has my original position changed? huh

The new information I responded to was the assertion that they could probably find new jobs easily enough. My original position never asserted that them being unable to find new work is the only reason that would justify them being a clerk, so how did I move the goalposts?

nostr:npub1myhgl7l8qpddvxlvjgmdcw7wsstt7xtsqvn6c23dz8ldur2w0alsxx3wa5 Thats not what im saying.. what im saying is even nazi's werent found guilty simply for having hitler as a "boss"

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For the corruption component I see two sides... Before the corruption was exposed they may not have known, so i wont hold that against them unless specific evidence surfaces they knew... After the corruption was exposed its not their responsibility to judge or investigate if the corruption is legitimate. There are mechanisms in place for that already and that is where that should be decided.

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Regardless, even if they could find a job, no this is wrong without actively reviewing their specific actions. They may very well be offering dissenting opinions to Thomas and very much trying to push him the opposite direction.

These sort of idiotic blanket boycots on people simply by association, particularly employment, is not the way to go on any level.

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Yes they are, and who they worked for should not change that. Now if they actively did anything on their own then by all means hold it against them. Thomas's decisions arent their own, nor do they necessarily have the luxury to quit.

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Even nazis dont qualify as war criminals just by being nazis. The ones who we find guilty actively gave orders rather than just following them. The reason is the same, much like people have to eat and work you'd get shot and killed if you stood up against your commander int he nazi army.

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They said "starting this year". Anyone who worked for him in the past is fine, but people choosing to work for him are most certainly aware of the reporting about him.

Personally I think that's generous. It's unlikely that his clerks were totally unaware of how he was operating.

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Its not about awareness. People need to feed their families, or are trying to get training so they can get hired.

Not to mention that forcing him to not have a staff isnt going to solve a damn thing, if anything will just make him worse not better.

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He isnt a terrorist, he is a horrible human in many ways... but not a terrorist... and people need to feed their children. Most dont have the luxury to choose.

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