Do you think it was fair for ESPN to fire Curt Schilling for expressing his views on social media?

1. No. ESPN was displaying political correctness rather than supporting one of its employees rights to express his views about transgender bathroom rights. He should be reinstated.
2. Yes. ESPN told its employees not to make political statements and Schilling clearly ignored this recommendation. People in the broadcasting industry need to be very careful when communicating.
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Was the Firing of Curt Schilling for His Social Media Post Fair?

Curt Shilling is a six-time professional baseball player All-Star. His career record was 216146, and his performance in the postseason even better at 112. This level of performance clearly helped him land a job at ESPN. He started working for the network in 2010, and he was fired after sharing a Facebook post in April 2016.

Schilling is perhaps as well known for his lack of tact as he is for his ability to command a baseball game, and ESPN seemed to tolerate his often politically charged comments during his tenure. According to Alex Reimer, a Forbes reporter, ESPN did not discipline Schilling for railing against the theory of evolution on Twitter or for saying in March that Hillary Clinton should be buried under a jail' if she shared classified information on her private email server.

Just before Schilling made the comment about Clinton, ESPN had issued a company-wide email directing employees to abstain from "political editorializing, personal attacks or 'drive-by' comments regarding the candidates and their campaigns." Schilling said the email went to his spam folder. ESPN had, however, suspended him in 2015 after he tweeted a meme about Muslim extremists and Nazis.

Schillings ultimate firing was due to his sharing an anti-transgender image along with some commentary. The image showed an overweight man wearing a wig and womens clothing with parts of the T-shirt cut out to expose his breasts. It says: LET HIM IN! to the restroom with your daughter or else youre a narrow-minded, judgmental, unloving racist bigot who needs to die. Schilling added his own comments about the rights of transgender people that ESPN found offensive.

The New York Daily News reported that Schillings remarks were in support of a North Carolina law that bars people in the state from using a bathroom other than the one for their biological gender. According to The New York Times, ESPN issued a statement saying they were an inclusive company and that Schillings conduct was unacceptable.

Schilling claims that he isnt transphobic or homophobic and wouldnt care if his son wanted to be a woman. He also commented, on a personal blog, that lets make one thing clear right upfront. If you get offended by ANYTHING in this post, thats your fault, all yours. Schilling, in turn, has been very critical of ESPN since his dismissal.