It’s possible someone might hold political views so disagreeable to me that I would consider him “unsuitable” for public office. I’d therefore not vote for him.
But I can’t conceive how my disagreement with someone would ever convince me that he should be denied the opportunity to support himself and his family through gainful employment in the field that best matches his talents—whether that field be education, cosmetology, construction, candlestick-making, coaching in the NFL, or any other field in which political views are completely unrelated to professional competence and effectiveness.
Barry Svrluga makes no effort to demonstrate that Del Rio’s comments bear on his effectiveness. Svrluga argues only that Del Rio’s comments *should* impair his effectiveness, but that assessment rests entirely on Svrluga’s *disagreement* with the substance of Del Rio’s opinions. In other words, Svrluga is so intolerant of views he doesn’t share that he believes those who hold them should be denied employment in the NFL on that account.
One has to wonder whether the WaPo should, as Svrluga might put it, “evaluate whether his is the message they want send” to their workforce and readership.
It’s possible someone might hold political views so disagreeable to me that I would consider him “unsuitable” for public office. I’d therefore not vote for him.
But I can’t conceive how my disagreement with someone would ever convince me that he should be denied the opportunity to support himself and his family through gainful employment in the field that best matches his talents—whether that field be education, cosmetology, construction, candlestick-making, coaching in the NFL, or any other field in which political views are completely unrelated to professional competence and effectiveness.
Barry Svrluga makes no effort to demonstrate that Del Rio’s comments bear on his effectiveness. Svrluga argues only that Del Rio’s comments *should* impair his effectiveness, but that assessment rests entirely on Svrluga’s *disagreement* with the substance of Del Rio’s opinions. In other words, Svrluga is so intolerant of views he doesn’t share that he believes those who hold them should be denied employment in the NFL on that account.
One has to wonder whether the WaPo should, as Svrluga might put it, “evaluate whether his is the message they want send” to their workforce and readership.
They succeeded. He just got cancelled.