Rifts Break Open at Facebook Over Kavanaugh Hearing
This is getting insane. So ousting people from jobs for holding non-lefty political views is not enough. Now a person who has a non-lefty friend or is seen in public with a non-lefty person that is currently undergoing unpersoning campaign is a ground for profound apologies too (and maybe much more, the deed is not done yet and I won&#x27;t surprise if by the end of it Joel Kaplan decides to spend more time with his family).<p>No, I stand corrected. This is not <i>getting</i> insane. This is firmly, two feet planted, <i>inside</i> insane territory. Is that what working at Facebook is like - if you go as controversial as supporting a Supreme Court judge, or a lifelong friend, or the idea of due process, you are basically not fit to work there? The small spark of sanity from Zuckerberg does not overcome the overall impression.<p>Maybe NYT is exaggerating things and this is just small vocal minority which does not reflect the climate in this huge company. One can certainly hope so. But is it true? Is here somebody working for FB that can say if it&#x27;s indeed as this article seems to suggest - that FB has &quot;policies&quot; that one may violate by merely appearing in public near somebody like Judge Kavanaugh? That your position in the company and your job may be questioned and threatened if you do something like that?