Paul GrahamVerified account

"Surely the principle of [asking someone to step down for supporting & funding racist rhetoric] is not that controversial."

If supporting Trump = supporting racist rhetoric, firing people who support racist rhetoric would mean firing 40% of workers.

The bulk of workers who support a somewhat harmful view (with no harmful actions effecting the worksite) shouldn't be fired.

Leader who imparts vision, whose DNA gets replicated into the future=different. I'd ask for a statement disavowing racist rhetoric.

So companies should only fire managers who plan to vote for Trump?

No. But it's an HR issue if owner/partner/exec acts on, gives *appearance* of supporting racist rhetoric (attends rally, donates $$).

So managers get fired only if they *openly* support Trump?

No. Dialogue/discovery. Same as if one discovered a partner attended a David Duke rally or donated money to an anti-Semitic charity.