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[The following behavior is not welcome at First Avenue venues:]

This is from First Avenue's website:

The following behavior is not welcome at First Avenue venues:

Sexual misconduct or harassment of any kind, including unwelcome verbal or non-verbal sexual attention or unwanted physical contact.

Acting or speaking in a discriminatory manner or using racist, sexist, ableist, transphobic, homophobic, xenophobic, or other biased language, including intentional misgendering.

Providing or offering intoxicants, legal or illegal, in a coercive manner, or causing someone to become intoxicated without their consent.

Disruptive or aggressive behavior, including stalking, threatening, or following anyone in an intimidating or unwanted manner.

Abuse of power, including but not limited to abuses related to wealth, race, gender, sexuality, or one’s position as a performer or manager.


While at First Avenue venues, you agree to:

Be proactive in creating a community-oriented atmosphere where the safety of others is prioritized and valued.

Respect the physical and emotional boundaries of others in the venue.
Reject violent or discriminatory behavior.

Be responsible for your own actions. Be aware that your actions do have an effect on others despite what your intentions may be.

He has not violated ANY of these terms because he did NONE of these things while an employee of First Avenue.

That argument might be valid if it had been 10-15 years prior to his hire. But this was only a couple of years and he still had those offensive posts up for everyone to see under his public name. One of them involved implying victims of police brutality deserved it - not a great look for someone working in a market like Minneapolis.
He did not delete any of these things so the implication is that he is fine with the consequences of people knowing his views on these issues.
If you'd like this not to happen in the future, vote for candidates who support labor and the end of the uniquely American practice of "at-will employment."

And, additionally, don't scream your politics from the metaphorical rooftops because no one cares.

Democracy, the 2 party system sucks.

Yes, the 2-party system sucks, but that doesn't mean the presence of a nutcase who is only on the national stage because of his last name and the support of billionaires is helping 'democracy' in any meaningful sense.

Agreed. Thanks for being sensible.

Being an "Independent" only means so much when you are completely unqualified and being little more than a distraction.

People who make their politics public in general and in such an aggressive way aren't good management material. If he weren't so aggressively political maybe he'd have kept the job.

Corbyn himself was elected in 1983 with his 'colourful' predecessor Michael O'Halloran standing as an independent (having jumped to and then not being selected by the SDP.)

Different sides of the political spectrum of course.

People who propose and endorse these types of laws do not care about protecting women or kids. They are nothing more than sadists who get off on the feeling of moral superiority that comes with punishing others. This country's sick fetishization of death, castration, incarceration, police brutality, and other forms of institutionalized torture and abuse is an indicator of a society in steep decline into utter depravity. Be ashamed.

No, it’s just that castration has been proven to be a very effective way of rehabilitating sex offenders, allowing them to participate in society while not harming others.

And killing convicts is a great way to decrease recidivism. Any authoritarian craziness can be justified from the most narrow results-oriented analysis.

And John Redwood (the Tory equivalent to Corbyn in some ways) has announced he's standing down in his Wokingham seat. There won't be many MPs who were first elected before the 1990s left in the next Parliament.

Corbyn has just announced that he is standing as an Independent in Islington North

https://twitter.com/jeremycorbyn/status/1793899852624953398

People who propose and endorse these types of laws do not care about protecting women or kids. They are nothing more than sadists who get off on the feeling of moral superiority that comes with punishing others. This country's sick fetishization of death, castration, incarceration, police brutality, and other forms of institutionalized torture and abuse is an indicator of a society in steep decline into utter depravity. Be ashamed.

No, it’s just that castration has been proven to be a very effective way of rehabilitating sex offenders, allowing them to participate in society while not harming others.

Given the Tories will be reduced to some figure under 200 seats, with most being shire\rural seats, are there any thoughts on the next leader? The future MPs will likely favour the right wing of the party in that composition of the safest Tory seats with hardly any urban seats.

If the selection group is too slim and uninspiring will we see something surprising such as a tory from the lords or outside parliament try and win before getting elected to the commons?

These are all winnable and most of them are notionally Labour in 2019. Some of them are due to late retirements (e.g. Makerfield) or previously selected candidates pulling out (Altrincham & Sale West).

https://twitter.com/tomorrowsmps/status/1793771348608610553

Dewsbury & Batley could be complicated; the Labour group on Kirklees council is currently undergoing a slow moving car crash and it is centred in the wards in that constituency, which is one of the areas where a lot of seats were lost to Independents earlier this month.