I understand your point of view, but just to clear up a few things...
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Originally Posted by shinerbock
Did ABC have advertisers pull out? Was their some financial reason for firing him? Wasn't he pretty popular/well liked as a character on the show? If so, I think its ridiculous. I know there were threats and concerns of some advertisers pulling out, and I know there were organized boycotts of Grey's and its sponsors. I have no idea how successful these boycotts were, but the controversy did cause problems. His popularity was so-so and the show can undoubtedly go on without him.
This country has lost its mind when it comes to political correctness. You should not lose a job/career because you feel a certain way about people. If he constantly berated gays in the media, sure, its a pattern, I could understand. It did happen on a couple of occassions. He also had a history of violence and had attacked Patrick Dempsey on set. His anger management problems were habitual. People should face the possibility of losing their jobs for verbally and physically attacking co-workers.
Listen, I wouldn't try and tell a company what to do with their employees. If ABC legitimately said "well this doesn't fit in with our values, etc, etc" then I'm ok with it. The show prides itself on its diversity. In that sense, he was not fitting in with their values. Also, the shows own cast members were some of the most outspoken critics of Isaiah. It had clearly become a problem and he was no longer in tune with their values.
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I'm kind of getting sick of Grey's but it will be interesting to see how this changes things.