I'm sorry, but that attitude is gross and only serves to worsen the problem.
You might be able to argue that "professional" behavior is not the standard in SV, I'll give you that.
But making disgusting comments like he did on Rap Genius, twitter, and his blog is not "normal" nor acceptable in any industry. We should all expect and demand better behavior than this from all business leaders- no matter what.
I can forgive someone for making a mistake. 1, maybe even 2 times- make a slip like this, realize you fucked up, apologize, get on with it. But he has a history of comments like this, and that's what has to stop.
With that said, I'm not sure I can get on board with firing someone just for making comments, as terrible as they might be. Is Rap Genius really going to be worse off by keeping him around than by firing him?
I feel like I can't come up with a strong enough argument to fire him, so why do it? The burden of proof is on the other side.
