New Friend - Morally Questionable Job

[Anonymous]

My partner and I just moved to a new house and we are eager to make new friends in the neighborhood. We met a nice couple, and it came out that one of them works at a company that most people would think is evil (think tobacco). I am having trouble seeing past that. Should that be a friendship deal breaker? Thanks.

[Anonymous]

It's hard to say unless you name the company or industry. I could be friends with someone in the tobacco industry, not that I'd love it, but I could see past it.

[Anonymous]

Didn't you post this exact same question a while back?

[Anonymous]

NRA? It's a dealbreaker for me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Didn't you post this exact same question a while back?

I didn't.

[Anonymous]

Not everyone is fortunate enough to be able to choose their employment.

[Anonymous]

NRA would cause me think we may not be very compatible

[Anonymous]

FFS, how we all really gotten so self-righteous that we will completely right off someone who works for an organization we don't support? Our country is going to shit.

I mean if someone is content editor for Stormfront magazine or a web designer for ISIS fine, but something like tobacco or the NRA? Ridiculous.

And I am sure half your husband's work at law firms that represent these or other "horrible" organizations, but you are still happy to cash those checks.

[Anonymous]

Far right think tank?

[Anonymous]

NRA would be an absolute deal-breaker for me. Tobacco would be a few rungs below.

[Anonymous]

as a lawyer I represent a lot of clients I wouldn’t exactly endorse. Let their values speak for themselves.

[Anonymous]

It would give me pause, truthfully.

I've had opportunities--very well-remunerated--to work for evil places. I just couldn't do it.

Could this person have made other choices? There's a difference between being truly hungry or not having other work, vs. cashing in and working for the devil.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FFS, how we all really gotten so self-righteous that we will completely right off someone who works for an organization we don't support? Our country is going to shit.

I mean if someone is content editor for Stormfront magazine or a web designer for ISIS fine, but something like tobacco or the NRA? Ridiculous.

And I am sure half your husband's work at law firms that represent these or other "horrible" organizations, but you are still happy to cash those checks.

The NRA used to be a normal organization. Now it is so far outside the realm of reasonably or sane that I have no problem writing off anyone who works there. It is actually pretty equivalent to the Daily Stormer.

[Anonymous]

It would have to be a political appointee to the current administration for me to do a slow fade.

Anything else is workable. I've worked for a lot of places I found questionable, but I got paid good money, did my job, and was uninvolved in any of evildoing.

[Anonymous]

Would depend on the nature of the job. Admin, IT, whatever? Eh, just a job. Someone high up involved in policy decisions or working there out of a belief in the mission? I'd probably not want to be friends