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joe40001 posted...

But did the person say they don't care?

They had interactions that frustrated them about a certain group, they are not saying they don't want to help the group as much as possible.

If somebody is saying "I am going to be less effective at my job for X demographic" and they stand by that statement then yeah, firing them is fine.

I think much more likely here is somebody saying some bullshit online, and people out of context deciding it defines the person.

Here's my olive branch to the haters:
If somebody legitimately is worse at their job towards anybody because of their prejudices, the employers are in their right to fire them and replace them with a better employee, because intolerance is bad.

I simply don't think most twitter mobs and these type of people actually target intolerance but rather people who say something that is sufficient to punish.

The person said "why waste money on people who dont want to work - that definitely shows lack of care/passion, which is important in that person's specific job (being able to set aside preconceived notions and helping people from that group). While I agree that people often vent, there's two issues here - A) venting in public and B) making specific statements. If a therapist posted "being a therapist is tough", that doesn't reflect a specific bias/thought towards a certain demographic, while saying "what's the point of doing therapy with Hispanics, they are always so lazy" is a very different take.
To continue with the cardiac surgeon example - are you saying we should wait to see if more black people die under his/her operations than other races, and THEN investigate?