CBS fires executive for 'deeply unacceptable' post after Vegas shooting

[Calista241]

Source: LA Times

CBS Corp. fired a vice president in business affairs Monday for comments she made on social media regarding the mass shooting at a country music festival in Las Vegas.

Hayley Geftman-Gold, wrote on her Facebook page that she was not sympathetic to victims of the shooting because, she claimed, most country music fans are Republican.

Geftman-Gold also wrote: “If they wouldn’t do anything when children were murdered I have no hope that Repugs will ever do the right thing. I’m actually not even sympathetic bc country music fans often are Republican gun toters.”

The comments were deleted but not before they were picked up on a number of right-wing blogs and websites. A petition was posted online that called for her firing.

Read more: http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-las-vegas-shooting-live-updates-cbs-fires-executive-for-deeply-1506969657-htmlstory.html

[Watchfoxheadexplodes]

1. Moron

Good

[Floyd R. Turbo]

2. What an asshole!

[jalan48]

3. She gets the dumb and dumber award.

[denbot]

4. What an asshole.

I hope that post follows her for the rest of her life.

[Javaman]

5. holy shit.

what a heartless fuck.

[nycbos]

6. What an asshole

[unblock]

7. Not defending her actions, but why is it that

When folks on the left do something stupid, they get fired.
When folks on the right do something stupid, they get elected to a national office?

[Eliot Rosewater]

15. Because we have one set of rules in America and they apply only to liberals

or democrats.

Nobody, ourselves and the media included, demands that the "right" abide by the rules, if we did, who knows.

[Initech]

17. Because liberals follow the rules.

And conservatives think that following the rules is a liberal media conspiracy.

[Bengus81]

23. Or...they are on PAID vacation while we "investigate"....

and then they come back.

[Blue_Tires]

58. +1...

Hannity could tweet the same bullshit and not even get a reprimand...

[Wednesdays]

8. Being a Republican or going to a country music concert

should not incur a death sentence.
Leave the hating to the Nazis and the Klan.

[Dave Starsky]

9. No political party has a monopoly on complete fucking assholes.

They come in all colors, creeds, religions (or lack thereof), and however else you can discriminate.

[romanic]

10. If you can't express empathy because of your political beliefs

Then you should just keep your mouth shut (or in this case, your fingers off twitter).

[NCDem777]

63. Pretty damn hard to empathize with those who have no empathy for others

GOPers are already dreaming up theories for how the mass shooting was staged, the victims are government patsies and no doubt the minute they get called on this, they'll scream "FUCK YOUR FEELINGS!"

So fuck their feelings right the fuck back. If some GOPers lost family that night, they'll have the "pleasure" of dealing with the same conspiracy psychos they promoted and gave a megaphone to.

[Stonepounder]

11. Hmmmm....I've always liked country music.

I don't carry a gun.
I don't allow guns in my home.
I always considered myself a liberal.

What's wrong with this picture?

[dem in texas]

40. Country Music Loving Liberal

I hate guns, don't wrap myself in the flag, always vote for the Democrat on the ballot and watch Rachel Maddow. That said, I am a long time lover of classical music. But ... I also love country music although some of the newer stuff sounds more like pop music. Give me some Lyle Lovett or Ray Wylie Hubbard anytime. When I drive in the car, I alternate between WRR, the classical music station and the Range, a country music station.

[OriginalGeek]

59. I follow RWH on Facebook

Not even counting his music it's just fun reading his random thoughts on touring and such.

[vkkv]

12. She is partly correct, but there are ass-holes in every cross-section of society.

Including TV execs.. U.S. Presidents..

[LisaM]

14. Yes, I don't really understand why she would say something like this.

I actually wondered if she had some connection to Sandy Hook, but I couldn't find anything.

[machoneman]

53. She was mad and let her guard down....

at a bad time for all. An asshole, but some truth in her words, badly put as they were.

[snooper2]

57. No, she is an idiot who spoke what she was truly feeling

A complete idiot....

Of course that is what idiots do, ruin their careers.

[7962]

13. What a stupid fucking idiot. This dipshit will be all over Facebook now!

I hope nobody hires her sorry ass.

[onit2day]

18. Her outrage was misdirected. NRA would claim

If audience members had their rifles with them they could have fought back (or maybe an RPG).

[LanternWaste]

54. Seems you're holding her to a much higher standard than you are currently holding yourself to.

Seems you're holding her to a much higher standard than you are currently holding yourself to. I get the convenience to oneself in doing so.

Unless of course, you pretend "stupid fucking idiot" and "sorry ass" are simply gentle, sweet lyrics of civility.

[7962]

60. Wrong again; per usual. Of course you can defend the indefensible; you have that right.

You also have the right to hit yourself in the head with a hammer, but its a pretty stupid thing to do.
Don't see anywhere that this woman is a victim of anything, other than poor choices.

[iluvtennis]

16. Human life transcends partisanship, so I disagree with lack of sympathy to the victims. I agree

with her comment about the rethugs no doing anything thing when children (those of Sandy Hook) were murdered by Adam Lanza.

These were children and no common sense gun laws were put in place. If the laws didn't change for children, I don't think the rethugs will change them now.

I am against anyone other than military and police having automatic rifles like AK-47s - no need for that. If you want a single action gun or rifle for your protection or hunting, then go for it.

I read an article this morning, where America is 7.x% of the world population, but has 48% of the guns in the world. But why, oh why does anyone need 10, 20, 30, 40 , 100, etc guns. It makes no sense.

[Honeycombe8]

37. No, the Repub politicians are NOT going to change their position on gun control.

If they did, they would no longer be in Congress. They would die politically. Repubs are firm and definite that they'd rather have mass killings than blind people being prevented from buying guns, or than large mags of assault bullets being limited in sales, or the sale of assault weapons.

What needs to be changed are the hearts and minds of the people...knowing that 30% of the country will never change their minds.

And to come together on what the Dem Party supports. I don't support a total gun ban, and neither do most Dem politicians.

[Initech]

19. Not helping!

[Skittles]

20. she deserved to be fired

that some sick shit right there

I work nights and all I could think about this morning was that when I went to work yesterday, all those people were looking forward to a night of good music

[spiderpig]

21. File her FB post under:

"Thank you for taking the time to publically show us your total ignorance and despicable attitude".

Not sure what was going through her mind (if she has one) when she posted, but hate-mongering is hate-mongering.

[dembotoz]

22. It is what I thought but I would never say that out

Loud


Damn

[dembotoz]

32. Damn feel same about u

[7962]

33. Wow. What a sad thing to admit. The RW loves to say the left is exactly like that

[dembotoz]

48. Well shit.honesty does not pay does it

[7962]

49. I learned that long ago, dealing with Wells Fargo!

[WhiskeyGrinder]

25. Lots of condemnation here but I've seen the same seniments on this board.

Not necessarily about this specific instance, but people saying they don't care if certain areas are hurt by policies that voters in those areas tend to support.

[WinkyDink]

27. Policies are voted for; murder usually isn't.

[Honeycombe8]

36. That's totally different,and you know it.

The first is mass murder of people, many of whom are visitors to an area.

The second is supporting policies for a Republican area that WANTS those very policies, and proactively voted for them. Although Democrats know,and knew, that the policies would actually HURT the area. Example: the new tax cut plan. That's an oxymoron...only a moron would believe it's a tax cut for the majority of Americans. It will actually raise some taxes for working class, which is a big group in some rural areas...who wholeheartedly voted for, and still support, Trump...who ran on a new tax cut plan.

See the difference? Yeah, you know the difference.

[samnsara]

26. well she gives the rest of us a bad name....

... but how many of us thought what she said? even just briefly? I'm taking the day off from the news as both sides are hollering. Taking a break from the 21st century...watching old westerns. Wake me when its over.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

55. Grit TV? It disappeared from our local lineup last night.

It had been on DC's channel 14.3, but the realignment means that it gone away. I don't know if it's coming back on another channel or not.

How am I going to get my "Walker, Texas Ranger" fix now?

[Scruffy1]

28. I wonder how anyone that stupid got a job in the first place.

Well, I guess she was part of the MSM, which has got to be some of the dumbest creatures on the planet.

[bitterross]

29. Umm, she's right.

Truth hurts they say.

[Raine]

45. No, she's wrong

and it's not true either..

[area51]

46. OT, I love your avatar. n/t

[Yavin4]

30. Our society is losing empathy for one another

Leaders have great influence, both positive and negative, on the people. Trump, and the Republicans, make us feel less and less empathetic every day.

[Not Ruth]

31. Being a "Republican gun toter" can get one fired too

As happened after Charlottesville.....

[Deuce]

34. Some things are best left unsaid...but i understand her frustration.

[Honeycombe8]

35. If SHE got to be V.P., maybe I can get her job! I'm not as stupid as SHE is!

Seriously inappropriate. What was she thinking?

[wellst0nev0ter]

38. As a hardcore liberal who hates Republicans with every fiber of his being

I say good, get her out of here. That kind of talk is unacceptable.

[Retrograde]

39. Back in the days when the internet

was something that mostly people at tech companies had, I used to tell my staff "Never put anything in email that you don't want to see in tomorrow's headlines". And posts are far less ephemeral these days.

It doesn't matter if all the concert attendees were gun-loving, Trump-supporting Republicans in town for a Deplorables convention: they still have an expectation that they should be able to peacefully gather in a public venue without getting shot.

[rockfordfile]

41. She's right. She should have waited a little to to say it. But gun safety needs to be addressed

[JI7]

43. she isn't right. she is an asshole if she felt no sympathy for people who were there for MUSIC

[Raine]

44. WRONG and she's a disgusting asshole!

[JI7]

42. GOOD

what a disgusting asshole.

[JustAnotherGen]

47. Indifference and silence

Would have been better.

[Locrian]

50. she's part of the problem

If she can't see that she's making things worse then she's no better than the other shit throwing idiots that keep us divided.

I keep saying this: with all the shit going down, climate change, inequality, war, health, etc - if we do not find a way to work together and get our collective shit together we simply will not continue as a species. period.

[still_one]

52. The problem is, most people don't get things until it personally affects them

[Upward]

56. Sometimes, You've Got to Hold Your Tongue

I have a 30 year career in professional broadcasting. Unless I was paid to be political on the air, I know my ass would be canned.

Too many people do not understand that the minute you open your mouth in public, you can be held accountable for those words. And if you happen to work for a communications company or any high-profile company, for that matter, you will be seen as their representative unless you're the janitor.

[still_one]

51. Someone made this observation to me. "Why don't people get things until it personally affects them"

Caleb Keefer, who survived the Mandalay Bay shooting massacre perhaps demonstrates this best:

“I cannot express how wrong I was,” Keeter admitted.

“Writing my parents and the love of my life a goodbye last night and a living will because I felt like I wasn’t going to live through the night was enough for me to realize that this is completely and totally out of hand,” Keeter explained. “These rounds were powerful enough that my crew guys just standing in a close proximity of a victim shot by this f*cking coward received shrapnel wounds.”
“We need gun control RIGHT. NOW” Keeter concluded.

“My biggest regret is that I stubbornly didn’t realize it until my brothers on the road and myself were threatened by it,” Keeter noted.

“That being said, I’ll not live in fear of anyone,” Keeter said in a subsequent tweet. “We will regroup, we’ll come back, and we’ll rock your f*cking faces off. Bet on it.”

Heather Maravola replied, “it’s frustrating that some don’t call the fire dept until the blaze is at their own front door. But we need more people on our side. Welcome.”

Keeter agreed with her comment."

https://www.rawstory.com/2017/10/country-musician-who-played-at-las-vegas-festival-reverses-pro-gun-stance-after-deadly-massacre/

Does anyone here believe that anything is going to change because of what happened in Las Vegas?

Perhaps if the outrage was directed toward those who make the laws, it would be more useful:

https://everytown.org/

[Maxheader]

61. We can't let the

rightwing media do all the stereotyping.

[NCDem777]

62. But ya know that only works one way

If it had been a rap concert, all the RW news outlets would be making cracks about it. Probably inviting some nutcase who will promote the whole "mass shootings are made up" bullshit. And anyone who called them out will get a deluge of "FUCK YOUR FEELINGS!" in response from the crowd that has defined basic human decency as oppressive political correctness.

Quite frankly, if a few GOPers DID lose family, good. Especially if they're in the fringe "everything is out to get you" set. They promoted people who harassed mass shooting victims to prominence. Alex Jones etc. They probably believe what he says too.

Now THEY will know what it is like to have their every facial tic scrutinized. They'll know what it's like to get endless hate mail calling them government patsies, saying their children never existed, etc.