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Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB
Huh? People get fired all the time in corporate America for saying something offensive. You don't have to even have a reason for firing someone in most states, so offending your coworkers is certainly one way of asking for it.
I think this decision definitely was based on finances. Cast members were threatening to walk because they apparently didn't like I. Washington. If they walk, the show goes down the tubes and that's definitely a financial loss for ABC. Again, in corporate America people are fired all the time for not working well with coworkers.
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Simply because something happens "all the time" doesn't mean I agree with it.
"[N]ot working well with coworkers" is completely different than being fired for having politically incorrect beliefs and expressing them. If a person in their spare time says he thinks gay people are disgusting and personally dislikes him, yet goes about his work without problem, I don't think its something you should be fired for (note, I'm not saying that happened here). As I stated, I don't like the mindset our society has which is "well, you can't say things like that outloud and keep your job". If the mindset was "you can't say things like that because sponsors will pull out", I'm fine with it. If the mindset was "you can't verbally abuse coworkers and keep your job" I'm fine with that too. However, I don't think its limited to just those situations.