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The statements made today by Russell Berger do not reflect the views of CrossFit Inc. For this reason, his employment with CrossFit has been terminated.
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I’ll never go to a
#CrossFit gym or spend any money with your company. How dare you all try to dictate which opinions are “correct”. -
Oh, look, his little flag is soooo cute!
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Really, thanks captain obvious. No one ever thought HIS statements reflected the views of CF. That’s why they are HIS statements.
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He tagged his company. Has the name of company in bio. Also user hash tag. So yeah it's kinda his professional views
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Well Ravi, his first tweet starts "as someone who PERSONALLY believes..."
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I know. But he even had name of company in his bio.
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Completely irrelevant. People have their company names in bio all the time. That doesn’t mean it reflects the companies views. Unless a person says they are representing their company views(which he clearly didn’t), bio info is irrelevant.
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As a gay man and a gay affiliate owner, I applaud your swift response to this unfortunate series of events. Let this be a learning moment for
@BergerRussell. I’m sure he will have plenty of time to reflect -
He already has a job
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Hopefully your clientele will terminate their relationship with you for being anti Christian bigots.
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@CrossFit this is very disappointing.@BergerRussell expressed his personal religious beliefs on his personal account. This reaction is what true#intolerance looks like. -
No, Adam. Via Twitter feed that touted prof ‘Chief Knowledge Officer’ for
#Crossfit status, speaking to brand, challenging its core brand story, and attaching/aligning (whether he knew or not) his personal values to their brand name/values. Inappropriate.https://twitter.com/jamesjetsoften/status/1004727324867059713?s=21 … -
TY4 your story
@lindseybever@washingtonpost. Mr. Berger owned dragging#Crossfit into his personal stance on#LGBTQ people, in complete opposition to its#brandethos. Mr. Berger is free to be whomever he'd like to be on his time, not company time.https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2018/06/07/a-crossfit-exec-thanked-gym-for-refusing-to-celebrate-sin-during-pride-week-hes-been-fired/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.4de067eda498 … -
I would argue that he was defending their
#brandethos by supporting a decision to not support a clearly segregating and exclusionary event at a@Crossfit box. So he does have a claim for inappropriate dismissal.
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a. pride is literally a sin b. you fired him and proved him correct c. please keep doing this. please keep pushing and creating a situation wherein to be employed you must celebrate men who think they can become women. you have no idea what youre doingpic.twitter.com/klQ1mlFTtu
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And Muslims think celebrating Christmas is a huge sin punishable by death. But you know what, Muslim CF employees are not publicly posting that because they respect others.
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Muslims are sneakier than Christians, just biding their time...
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Wow. Fired for what you believe. Is this happening in a country with freedom of speech?
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