1st amendment and "innocent until proven guilty" is for how government operates.I dont think this has anything to do with freedom of speech. Its about firing a person without grounds for dismissal. If allegations are proven true in a court of law, then fire him, as you have grounds for dismissal. If not, then its innocent until proven guilty. And they shouldn't legally be allowed to fire him
when it's "private entity" vs. "private entity" no such protection exists. think of this as the "free market" of ideas.
in this case adult swim could have looked at the case and said,.. "we think these allegations are BS and we're sticking by you Justin" But then everyday consumers like you and me could just as easily say, "holy shame, Justin is a complete slimeball and if adult swim is going to keep him employed i'm going to stop watching ANY adult swim show in protest."
Adult swim looked at what facts are available and made the choice they thought was right. i can't say for sure if he will be held guilty in a court of law but the evidence is quite damning. adult swim should not be forced to maintain employment of this guy when is jeopardizes their ability to do business.
you don't have to like it. but at least accept this isn't contrary to freedom of speech. this is because because we have freedom of speech.
the only thing that's changed in the last ~20 years is that with the rise of social media is the rise of "lying". it used to be that no one knew anything unless the media reported it and the media operated by a set of rules to validate information before going public with it. these days things can go viral with/without any sort of truth behind the allegations. that's the part of "cancel culture" you should care more about.
The narrative director at Squanch Games (which Roiland founded) said that he heard that he wasn't allowed in the writer's room at Adult Swim.They may have a basis for it. I am not saying he IS innocent. Im saying he is innocent until proven guilty. Which is a process that takes time.to my knowledge, justin’s only real creative involvement with rick & morty since probably season 3 is that he recorded the voices from his own basement. i’m told he wasn’t welcome in the writers room because of multiple covered-up internal WB investigations re: sexual misconduct. https://t.co/HrlJWloJum
— aLec robBins (@alecrobbins) January 25, 2023
So they may very well feel that they have a basis for believing the allegations.
Again, look at johny dep, everybody jumped the gun, then it turned out he was the one of domestic violence and abuse. Not the other way around.
There is a process to examine a situation for a reason. And getting rid of that process will result in people who are innocent being labeled and treated as guilty.
