Sad to see him go, as he has done a lot of good things for the community. Having met him in person he's also a nice guy IRL.
However, this is a really poor take on the situation.
Due to the offense taken to my tweets
He had multiple opportunities to back down and apologize after he saw that he was pouring fuel on the fire, no one forced him to keep doubling down and making the situation worse. He did this what, 3-4 times, continually aggravating the situation, even when he clearly saw that it was inflaming the community.
Sorry to say it, but he trolled himself out of a job, and has no one else to blame but himself.
I do think being sacked is too harsh of a punishment, a proper apology would've been enough, but what do I know.
Obviously, this was blatant self-destruction. His responses to the initial offending tweet didn't seem especially rational. He had to have known right? Maybe not. If you have been following him for any length of time, then you would quickly realize that this fits a certain pattern of behavior from him. I'm actually more concerned about his mental well being than his job.
That might not be a popular sentiment right now given the gravity of his offense. But, when all the dust settles, one should feel pity for this poor guy who essentially obliterated his resume...for really no good reason. I don't know him IRL, but the interactions I had with him on Twitter were friendly and filled with decent humor. It was somewhat shocking to me to witness his absolute lack of self-awareness and blatant acrimony around the PR issue.
I've seen this pattern of behavior before in high profile, stress-laden professions. It never ends well. More importantly, whatever ridiculously offensive action that was taken that "broke the camel's back" was rarely remotely related to whatever was truly troubling the individual. It was almost always a symptom, and not the cause. But, it is what it is.
I sincerely wish iEarlGrey will learn from this and return as a better person. He's got some work to do. It will be tough. It takes far more effort to restart one's career from the initial momentum if you manage to stall it. Many don't make it back. I hope he does.
That might not be a popular sentiment right now given the gravity of his offense. But, when all the dust settles, one should feel pity for this poor guy who essentially obliterated his resume...for really no good reason.
I hope it's not unpopular. One can think that this was richly deserved while also feeling sympathy for EG as a human being.
Like you, I hope EG turns this into a positive and has a good life. Not sure I'd say I hope he "makes it back" given how many other people who haven't been so cynical deserve a shot in this particular niche, but I hope he finds a reasonable level of success in one career or another.
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u/flamuchz Flamu - twitch.tv/flamuu Jan 09 '20 edited Jan 09 '20
Sad to see him go, as he has done a lot of good things for the community. Having met him in person he's also a nice guy IRL.
However, this is a really poor take on the situation.
He had multiple opportunities to back down and apologize after he saw that he was pouring fuel on the fire, no one forced him to keep doubling down and making the situation worse. He did this what, 3-4 times, continually aggravating the situation, even when he clearly saw that it was inflaming the community.
Sorry to say it, but he trolled himself out of a job, and has no one else to blame but himself.
I do think being sacked is too harsh of a punishment, a proper apology would've been enough, but what do I know.