re: #401 Killgore Trout

It depends on the context. If an employee donates to a political campaign against gay marriage (which I consider a bigoted position) he can keep his job. If he harasses gay employees or customers then he gets fired. If he has a rebel flag in his house he can keep his job. If he tattoos a swastika on his forehead and screams the N word in his cubicle, he’s fired.
If people can keep their offensive political and social opinions out of the workplace I don’t care what they do in their private lives. That would apply to everybody. If someone harasses fellow employees because they voted for a different candidate then they’d be fired.

Private lives? When you make a political statement by listing your company name with your donation and and that info is freely available, then you’re not doing it as a “private” person, you’re making a public statement in the name of your company.

Likewise, if you publicly tweet some offensive crap, then it is by definition not private, it’s a matter of public record.