Spyder_Monkey
Banned
What a terrible company.
The problem is that after the news first came out, Oculus people and key supporters started circling the wagons with "He can have whatever political views he likes," muddying the issue to seem like it was about his Trump support.
John Carmack said:I would say I am a remarkably unsympathetic person.
lol what?
Carmack has a PR handler now?
that's not surprising considering what he's said before
I mean let's not even debate about whether they could or couldn't fire him.
The bigger issue is that they couldn't even come out and condemn what he did, or even tell him he wasn't welcome to attend the event (they said he voluntarily chose not to go).
Both of those actions would have meant a lot to people, and Palmer would have had no recourse.
They could not even do the bare minimum to show they don't support his shit. Bare minimum actions that would have subjected Oculus/FB to no legal liability whatsoever.
He said he supports Johnson in the same email he lied about making comments on /the_donald and someone found video evidence of him leaving the RNC wearing a trump shirt.No, because he supports hate groups.
Also Palmer himself says he supports Gary Johnson.
Gotta keep up with the times man.
...but that's the title of the author's article.
Or are you saying the author needs to edit his title? If so yeah I agree. Should be something like "Is Facebook Trying to Pretend Palmer Doesn't Exist"? or something.
You are very astute and well informedAre people saying that he should be fired because he supports Trump?
Carmack has a PR handler now?
that's not surprising considering what he's said before
Carmack said:I would say I am a remarkably unsympathetic person. I am a forward looking optimist. I never reminisce about the good old days because the good old days are right now.
Are people saying that he should be fired because he supports Trump?
Kind of related, but are hate speech / hate groups illegal in America? Tried googling, I'm finding that the former is hard to ban in the US, whereas I can't find much on the later beyond that there are some private organizations that try to identify hate groups.
Douchebaggery all around! Carmack chuckling at the question tells me all I need to know about how serious they are treating this. Can't say this didn't help making my vr purchasing decisions much easier.
He said he supports Johnson in the same email he lied about making comments on /the_donald and someone found video evidence of him leaving the RNC wearing a trump shirt.
So many Oculus employees are complicit in this bullshit. The statements from the higher ups after this all came out was troubling enough, but now they're being straight up hostile about it. It's troubling that a so called "progressive" company like this would want to cover for a white nationalist.
Don't support this shitty company.
What has Carmack said before (I literally have no idea)?
is this the CEO?
At this point isn't it kind of obvious that there are LEGAL reasons why they can't fire him. Do you really think alll those people want to back Luckey, all of you really think that is the most logical explaination here?
That might explain why they haven't fired him, sure. Are there laws in California that make it so they can't openly condemn what he stands for? Or are they required to circle the wagons and support him?
That might explain why they haven't fired him, sure. Are there laws in California that make it so they can't openly condemn what he stands for? Or are they required to circle the wagons and support him?
why all of a sudden are you people letting politics get in the way of you playing a game?
what did these people even do other than try to manipulate their public image... something that every single game company with a marketing strategy does de facto. but now you have an axe to grind?
why all of a sudden are you people letting politics get in the way of you playing a game?
what did these people even do other than try to manipulate their public image... something that every single game company with a marketing strategy does de facto. but now you have an axe to grind?
Could be a mandate from up top. Who knows. It's a better explanation than Oculus being completely overrun by white supremacist backers.
lol what?
It doesn't seem like they're circling the wagons, but trying to sweep it under the rug. If you have to keep him employed, you can't exactly openly shit on him. At the same time, you don't want to be openly defending him.
From the excerpts in the OP, it appears they're just trying to ignore the situation since that seems to be the only option they have until the contract or deal runs out.
Could be a mandate from up top. Who knows. It's a better explanation than Oculus being completely overrun by white supremacist backers.
This really made me laugh. Didn't know they made twelve year olds executives now!
I don't get it. What does he bring to the table at this point? Why keep him around? If he's just a face for the company, then keeping him around is doing more harm than good.