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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Also, she was given several warnings to stop her behavior. She had a choice, but continued—sounds like a loose cannon. [/quote]

+1 although I think she sounds like my 2 year old when he's having a temper tantrum.  At this point whatever point she is trying to make is lost because of her poor behavior.

It is hard to see how she could ever be trusted as a reporter in the future and expect people to want to read what she has written because she has gone so far overboard.  I know I would skip her article whenever I saw her byline simply because of her clear vitriolic and hyperbolic writings.  She had a point, but when she was challenged her response vis a vis the personal attacks and clear animus made her distasteful and now her writing is irrelevant because of the clear bias.

She deserved to be fired because of her behavior and I wouldn't be surprised if she is completely unable to find employment with any legitimate news agency.  She might be better off migrating over the New York Post.  They are right up her alley.  [/quote]

The only post employee who attacked a colleague was Del Real. He attacked Somnez and she retweeted his attacks. Most of her tweets were retweeting language by the post. Del Real was not punished, Weigel suspended, and she was fired for speaking out. Stay silent ladies![/quote]

I don’t work at the Post but the optics of what they did looks terrible.  Old boys club indeed.[/quote]

Oh, get real.  It was Somnez who was flipping out.  I read the chain in the Post.  The more she posted the more hysterical and vitriolic she got.  She was a loose cannon.  They're better off without her.[/quote]

So much gender bias in the way some posters are talking about Somnez.  “Hysterical” “flipping out”, “loose cannon.”   None of these things seem to be apples to the man who started this whole incident by tweeting that all women are either bisexual or bipolar.  Let’s call him some names too-not just the woman brave enough to call him out for being a woman hater.[/quote]

Except he didn't display any hysterical behavior, and she did.[/quote]

Funny how only women are ever called "hysterical".  I don't think calling out Dave Wiegel for saying that women are either bipolar or bisexual is "hysterical."  I do think Dave Wiegel is somewhat sociopathic.[/quote]

Felicia, just stop.  He is in no way "sociopathic."  You, however, are being "hysterical."  Please get help.[/quote]

BTW I am a woman telling you this.  You are embarrassing the rest of us women.  Let it go.[/quote]

You can try to say this is "Felicia" posting this.  But it's not.  I'm a female Washington Post subscriber who is disgusted that a newspaper I pay money for would fire someone for calling out a misogynistic tweet.  Sorry your mind is so limited that it can't comprehend that people do not approve of behavior that targets women.[/quote]

Well I am a female feminist VERY liberal Washington Post subscriber who is honestly pretty disgusted with the outcry. Maybe its because I've followed Weigel for years so I feel like this one tweet is really not representative of his entire personality, but like, I really feel like we have all lost the thread if we want to deprive people of their livelihood for mistakes. Seriously, if there is no way to come back from mistakes, why would anyone ever even try? This burn everything down mentality is really short sighted.[/quote]

The only one who has been deprived of their livelihood is Felicia Somnez, [b]who didn't make any mistakes[/b], but is instead being retaliated against for calling out Weigel's sexist tweets.  [/quote]

It sounds like she violated many company policies. I mean it seems to me like this is the scenario at hand:

Person A: Does something that Person B is understandably offended by but that notably is not injurious to anyone

Person B: Complains about the thing

Person A: Apologizes publicly and sincerely

Company: Suspends person A for a month without pay

Person B: Continues to disparage person A vociferously online and in the office repeatedly despite being warned to stop.

Person A: Continues to take their punishment without pushback

Company: Warns person B to cut it out

Person B: Keeps on launching a vehement campaign to get Person A fired

Company: Fires person B

Wapo punished Weigel, HARSHLY. Suspending someone for a month without pay is a harsh punishment. And he apologized and didn't dig in. She didn't want to accept that and got fired. That is not the same thing as retribution. Use kids.

Kid A: Steals toy and pushes kid B

Kid B: Complains

Parent: Tells Kid A they messed up

Kid A: Apologizes

Parent: Puts kid A in a lengthy time out

Kid B: Whines and whines and whines about how parent isn't being mean enough

Parent: Cut it out A is in timeout

Kid B: Whines and whines and whines about how parent isn't being mean enough in time out and then tells everyone at school about how horrible A is to get the whole school to turn against them

Parent: Grounds B for a month[/quote]

This is not accurate.  The WaPo only suspended Dave Wiegel for a month on the day they fired Felicia Somnez. Until then, they had done nothing. [/quote]

DP.  Well suspending someone for a month without pay for a retweet that they deleted and apologized for is nuts.  Properly, he should be suing WaPo.  Not her.  [/quote]

Firing someone for complaining about a colleague’s bigoted tweet is far worse.  It’s retaliation for someone speaking up about a hostile work environment for women.  [/quote]

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