Kevin Myers claims he was ‘punished like a rapist paedophile or terrorist’ for column

Nate--IRL-- wrote:

It would appear that being an odious prick has consequences.

You must be a fan of Linda Martin

I wonder did he enjoy writing the article. I'd say he did.

"Not only was I being fired but I would never ever be employed by The Sunday Times again."

How many people go back to work for companies that fire them? The implication with being fired is generally that they don't want you to work for them again.

Hi might have a point though. Don't agree with anything he wrote, but I'm not sure the punishment matched the crime. Seems people can say anything they like about some things and some religions and that's fair game, but mention another in a derogatory way and that's the end if your career mate. I don't think much of anything Mr. Myers has written, but I'd prefer to leave him with the right to write it, as long as it's not blatant hate mongering. He made a mistake, said the wrong thing, and apologised profusely. That would have been enough for me.

My only issue with this is that it wasn't his personal twitter or a comment made somewhere else.

He got fired for something that went I'd assume through a editor and got the go ahead from those higher up.

Roger_007 wrote: »

"I wholly disagree with what you say - but I will defend to the death your right to say it".... (Voltaire).

This principle obviously doesn't apply on Boards, (or anywhere else in today's ultra PC world).

This webcomic sums up my feelings on this point nicely. By all means spout obnoxious views if you want, but don't go crying when they attract consequences!

Another journo trying to play the victim card.
It's offiensive

Roger_007 wrote: »

"I wholly disagree with what you say - but I will defend to the death your right to say it".... (Voltaire).

This principle obviously doesn't apply on Boards, (or anywhere else in today's ultra PC world).

F**k all to do with PC or whatever boogeyman is in vogue these days. The Sunday Times as a private publisher is perfectly entitled to decide what it publishes and who can write for what it prints provided it is within the law of the land where it is published or sold e.g. concerning libel, national security and so on.

Too many people that cry out "FREEDUM SPEACH!" these days forget three important things...

1. The modern origin comes from the USA constitution, where it regulates government censorship and interaction not private censorship and interaction.

2. Your words and actions are (unless explicitly given or provided for e.g. Parliamentary privilege) not immune to consequences. Go to your boss or manager tomorrow morning and say to their face that he/she is a wanker & an asshole & that they seem to enjoy being alone around little children; good luck keeping your job afterwards while wailing "FREEDUM SPEACH!!!!1111"

3. Freedom of speech does not entitle you to an audience. I'm free to post here on boards.ie provided I comply with their terms and conditions (also see point 1). If I make a post that is say libellous about the Taoiseach or President I will very likely get banned. That's not me having my freedom of speech rights being suppressed, that's me being a complete dickhead and suffering the consequences (again, point 2). I don't have the right to walk into the offices of the Irish Independent or the Examiner and demand that they publish an editorial or letter of mine, nor do I have a right to walk into the Six-One studio mid broadcast to say what's on my mind. If I'm having a difficulty getting a platform I can say publish a leaflet to be distributed or set up a blog though a web host & domain name seller (provided again I comply with their T&C's) but the important thing to remember is that no one is compelled to provide me with a platform or be forced to listen to me the same way no woman is obliged to look at me while I pull my cock out and wave it about in their face.

Within reason a person has the right to call someone out as a dickhead, racist, bigot etc. while at the same time someone can call out someone else for being too sensitive, too eager to engage a chilling effect, too willing to suppress opinions that don't fit a narrative etc.

The problem in recent years on the Interwebs and in real life is that once you were expected to explain yourself on most issues, nowadays the prevalence of ****posting and ignoring facts and evidence if they don't fit ones worldview (or deliberately distorting such to support or oppose). We've ended up with echo chambers to fit our narrow POV sometimes either because we don't want to be challenged or that an opposing point of view is not made constructively but rather in demeaning or threatening manner and most people simply don't want to deal with bull****. Another one, you make a claim and I ask you to support it with trusted evidence - don't palm me off with "Google it yourself" or "I'm not here to spoonfeed you" or some dodgy link to Indymedia or InfoWars. You made the claim - you provide the evidence! I'm not here to either blindly accept what you say or put up with your laziness or ignorance.

In Kevin Myers case, he has often picked on sections of the public that aren't or weren't able to give an equal, measured response on a similar platform. Whatever about influence of Jewish people in the UK media, because he had often took to targets where there was minimal consequences to him (ref. point 2) he either felt too confident or was in wilful ignorance in writing the column he wrote. That ended up with consequences as he picked the wrong target. We've all said or did stuff that has backfired in some way and we usually end up learning from it, journalists are not and should not be immune to these standards either. He is too far up his own arse to recognise that **** can fling both ways and now he's crying like an "triggered cucked SJW snowflake" (I call bingo!) because he cannot handle the consequences of his actions. If he was more of a darling of the alt-right or new right or whatever they call themselves these days we'd likely see a #jesuiskevin hash tag going about on Twitter & Gab. Now at best he's a €2 shop Katie Hopkins without the social media awareness.

If you've read the above and you don't understand it, then you don't understand life. Rant over.