@nobamanoway They seriously need help.
— Daniel J. White (@JDjwhite54) November 16, 2016
What sparked that? Well, Matt Harrington, a CEO at a threat detection company (no, for serious) posted on Facebook that he was going to kill President-elect Donald Trump. Several times:
Threat detection CEO suspended for threatening to kill Donald Trump https://t.co/EY8IZGWQKq pic.twitter.com/GZoJXMAXoh
— Gizmodo (@Gizmodo) November 15, 2016
Beyond despicable and sick.
https://twitter.com/LilMissRightie/status/798324339930230788
3…2…1 to the "I was hacked"…..
— Bill McLaughlin (@whydoIcare8) November 15, 2016
The CEO couldn’t get away with that one, apparently.
Lefties really just aren't taking this election well. https://t.co/SShpmmfUCm
— Jason (@jasonelevation) November 16, 2016
CEO resigns after making death threats against Trump https://t.co/qmOx40sQl2 pic.twitter.com/xpbiO1FvfL
— The Hill (@thehill) November 16, 2016
The Hill reports that the twisted soul who made the death threats was first put on “administrative leave” (ooooh, how scary!) and subsequently resigned. Do you believe the apology from the company?
“We want to be very clear, PacketSled does not condone the comments made by Mr. Harrigan, which do not reflect the views or opinions of the company, its employees, investors or partners,” the statement read.
Hmm. But, he was a head of the company, so it DID reflect the views. Plus, this:
https://twitter.com/jimbopoohs/status/798885808564535297
Good Lord. Could he not detect HIMSELF? Could no one else at the company detect it either?
However, the company also said this when they put him on leave:
“PacketSled takes recent comments made by our CEO, seriously. Once we were made aware of these comments, we immediately reported this information to the secret service and will cooperate fully with any inquiries,” the first statement read.
If true, good on them for reporting immediately to the secret service. The “administrative leave” thing was still lame, though. But, likely had to do with company “cover your ass before firing someone” bureaucracy.
https://twitter.com/bobloblaw847/status/798868858752868352
That’s not funny, because it’s true. And this time, some of the “temper tantrums” are potentially deadly.
Related: ‘Kill Donald Trump’: Twisted cretins (and 2 journos) flood Twitter with death threats after election
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