This story is absolutely bonkers: An Asian ACLU employee complains about an abusive work environment. Her bosses, who are black, say "No, we're the victims because you calling us abusive is a racist trope." So the ACLU fires the Asian lady for racism. /1
Then it gets better—the lawyer representing the ACLU basically says, it doesn't matter if the employee meant to be racist...or if anyone in their right mind would find her language objectionable. All that matters is that her bosses say their feelings were hurt! /2
Essentially, the ACLU's legal argument boils down to this: You can literally do or say anything you want to your employees. If they complain, just have the abusive boss claim their feelings were hurt. I believe psychologists have a word for behavior like this...
During The Salem witch trials the basis for a guilty verdict all came down to “spectral evidence.” All someone had to do was say they had a feeling in their spirit, that God gave them a vision that someone was a demonic witch and that was it. The aclu is teetering on the Salem hysteria.
@piv4law Meaning therefore we will punish people simply because they SAY they were discriminated against or offended? Good grief.
@piv4law ACLU was not very concerned about diversity when they were picking their law firm. I bet poor Edwar their new associate has to sit in on a lot of meetings. They probably have to reserve him like a conference room.
@piv4law "You're racist if I say you are and should be destroyed.."
@piv4law "Margolis is a surname that, like its variants shown below, is derived from the Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation of the Hebrew word מרגלית (Israeli Hebrew [maɹgalit]), meaning 'pearl'."
@piv4law Consequentialist ethics for the win. "Yes, Your Honor, my client is a member of the Gambino crime family, and he did fire a gun at a member of the Lucchese crime family. However, he missed, so his actions had no impact. He caused no harm. He is innocent of attempted murder!"