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Oculus' Palmer Luckey funds white-supremacist/misogynistic/anti-lgbt harassment group
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pixellated_man
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Well, reading through this thread it is apparent that the farcical two party system will never end.
People who abstain from voting for either side are labelled 'irresponsible' and 'bad citizens'. The elite can sleep a good nights sleep for the next few decades at least, knowing their brainwashing of the massess is working a treat.
"Crooked Hillary"
"Great Again"
"Those evil immigrants"
"Yuuuuuuge"
"The Best, Simply the best"
"I have a smart brain"
*Smug grin*
"We're winning"
"God bless america!"
Repeat
Cue bad wedding band cover of "You cant always get what you want"
Being actively involved in politics = brainwashed...
May I ask how old you are?
bigwinnerx
Member
In any event, this probably doesn't end well. Facebook probably can't keep him around, Palmer doesn't think he's in the wrong, even if they let him go, now he's unemployed and still super rich headed into the election and he has tons of time to be a shitty person with no reason to hide his beliefs from a larger public anymore. We probably end up seeing more of him at the end of this than less of him.
Or people can do electorial math and understand how it is set up because of the Constitution. But good try at trying to fear monger about the 'elites' that post on GAF of all places.
And you are so much above us poor brainwashed masses. I don't know how your neck can handle looking down at us at that angle from your ivory tower.
And your realistic solution to overturning the elites was abstention?
As someone who has always cancelled my provincial government vote, your masterplan sucks bro.
if you refused to vote for kerry or bush in 2004 i wouldn't call you irresponsible
this time the choice is between a career politician with a ton of baggage, whether you think it's warranted or not, and a blatantly bigoted reality tv host who doesn't understand why we're not using nukes when we have so many of them
do what you like but if you do not contribute to donald trump's defeat in november i will think you're a bad person
RedAssedApe
Banned
needs to start trending on facebook
I think we would get along very well.
On the flip side, I'll take a few more years of continuing corruption to get Trump out of the political landscape.
The Cartographer
Member
This is the real surprise.
I thought this dorky looking man was in his mid 30s, not mid 20s
iamruthless
Member
Ha! I laughed at the "Yuuuuuuge"
SnipeyMcGee
Member
I will never purchase Oculus hardware. My friends will never purchase Oculus hardware. I hope Oculus fails spectacularly.
He does look a little older, but from his time on the Giant Bomb streams I could tell he was pretty young.
He wants to kill the entire families of any terrorist
He's against freedom of religion and freedom of speech
His policies are literally unconstitutional
He wants to make the US a state where religion and power are no longer a separate thing, argues for Christianity ruling the US
Co-chair of Trump's presidential campaign wants black attorney lynched
Trump campaign staffer calls police to make black civil rights activist "disappear".
When two of his supporters beat up a homeless Hispanic man, he calls them "passionate"
Kicks out black GOP officials from his events
Kicks out black students that were merely watching his rally too.
He wants to fire all muslim TSA agents
also this
Dreams-Visions
Member
You know, I'm just not sure yet.
Ethical Hedonism
Banned
Idk man i've heard hillary is crooked and full of lies
You can't have more than two parties with the US' first-past-the-post voting system. If you want more parties, your job is a lot harder than just voting Green or staying home whatever. You need to get the actual Constitution amended to get a proportional Congress or an alternative-voting system. Until that's done, yes, voting third party is irresponsible. If you're a left-of-center voter, not voting or voting for any party other than the largest left-of-center one just empowers the largest right-of-center party, or vice versa. It sucks if you don't feel represented by the two big parties, but without changing the Constitution, it's reality.
I wonder if Palmer Lucky has a contract to work for Facebook for X number of years after the acquisition, and this is his way of getting out of it.
I'm not saying Palmer is being insincere in his politics, I'm saying that being open about them and creating a PR problem could free him from a contractual obligation if Facebook drops him.
I'm not saying Palmer is being insincere in his politics, I'm saying that being open about them and creating a PR problem could free him from a contractual obligation if Facebook drops him.
bigdaddygamebot
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andrerobot
Member
Damn liberals take things too literally. He's just too passionate and speaks his mind.
/s
WhateverItTakes
Banned
Have fun complaining and doing nothing to stop this 'corruption' you're going on about. And you are irresponsible.
Ya but Hillary voted for the iraq war so she's the same or something I guess.
stufte
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I'm not buying any more Oculus games until this is sorted.
And I wish Obama could just stay on for another 4 years.
And I wish Obama could just stay on for another 4 years.
Plus emails and pneumonia. Sad!
Seth Enosh
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Just curious, do you guys think anyone who donates to Trump or votes for Trump should be fired? (Regardless of the fact that it's illegal in California to fire someone for legal political activity, and no, registering your company in Delaware does not get you out of complying with state law for an employee who works in a CA office)
I'm not voting for Trump and have donated to multiple opponents this cycle but firing 40% of American voters or the
bigdaddygamebot
Member
Look. You have lots of best judgement. Lots and lots.
BlastProcessing
Member
There is a ton of stuff, but here is a start.
We have to take out their families
Trump told his crowd that Pershing, who led U.S. troops during World War I, was a rough guy, according to Mother Jones. He then said that during the Moro rebellion in the Philippines (1899-1913, and Pershing served as governor of the Moro Province between 1909 and 1913), Pershing caught 50 terrorists who did tremendous damage and he took the 50 terrorists and he took 50 men and dipped 50 bullets in pigs blood. You heard about that? He took 50 bullets and dipped them in pigs blood. And he has his men load up their rifles and he lined up the 50 people and they shot 49 of those people. And the 50th person, he said, you go back to your people and you tell them what happened.
AMERICAN HANDS WILL REBUILD OUR NATION. NOT THE HANDS OF PEOPLE FROM OTHER NATIONS.
Think of that. Not only the danger of it all, this isn't only a matter of terrorism, but also a matter of quality of life. We want to make sure we're only admitting those into our country who support our values and love and I mean love our people,
Donald Trump Refuses to Condemn KKK, Disavow David Duke Endorsement
The CEO of Trump's campaign runs a website with a specific "Black Crime" section
I would also recommend reading this VOX Alt-Right primer.
bigdaddygamebot
Member
Because he's a PR disaster.
I imagine Facebook lawyers are sitting in a room together figuring out what to do right now.
call_kotaku
Member
The "for the luls" thing that I guess he got from alt-right trolls is somehow the worst part for me.
Like they know inherently that what they support is awful but they want a reason to support it anyways.
Like they know inherently that what they support is awful but they want a reason to support it anyways.
SkylineRKR
Member
Thing is Luckey funds smear campaigns and he's a public figure. Consumers will associate this with their product. It will cost Facebook. They'll likely ask him to resign if firing is impossible.
bigwinnerx
Member
$FB is public and it's conduct detrimental to the company. Any market reaction to this will get him canned for sure on that front.
Also, whether Trump or not doesn't matter, California is an at-will state and they can fire anyone at any time for any reason.
RadarScope1
Member
Both candidates are equally bad!
BlastProcessing
Member
Do you believe in the free market?
stufte
Member
No one deserves to be fired for something like this.
Oh shit!
bigdaddygamebot
Member
All of them? No.
Ones like this? You bet.
https://www.facebook.com/thedailyshow/videos/10154541061806800/
How could you trust an employee that shows such a profound lack of reason?
As far as Palmer Luckey goes. He's not the typical employee. When you have an employee that has appeared on magazine covers. That employee needs to carry themselves with a certain amount of accountability and have enough good sense to stay out of the public eye...particularly with something like this.
I guess what I'm saying is...if you HAVE to be an intolerant, racist, elitist cunt...at least have enough good sense to keep it to yourself.
Yup. It would be something else if FB wasn't cultivating an image of widespread acceptance, it is pretty intrinsic to their business model. Then there is the fact that an Oculus is an expensive technical product that is liable to be marketed at the more informed and more educated.
These revelations are quite detrimental especially since it is a figurehead, not some hidden away board member.
Agent Matt
Member
Good thing I decided not to buy a Rift or back the Kickstarter. I will not be purchasing any of their products in the future.
Seth Enosh
Member
Incorrect, you cannot fire someone for protected activity even in an at-will state. Political activity is a protected class in CA, so you can't fire someone for it just like you can't fire someone for their race or sex and claim you were just doing it "at will".
Maybe facebook will ask him to fall on his sword and resign truly voluntarily, he cares a lot about VR and oculus presumably so he might be willing to do it to help oculus' PR. Not like he needs the money or a job at this point.
bigdaddygamebot
Member
I believe in the powers of the facebook legal team. If they really want to make something happen, I'm sure they'll figure out a loophole.
bigwinnerx
Member
Thanks for the clarification.
I'll go with my other answer which is $FB doesn't want this associated with them and as you said, maybe they tell him to step down.