Tripwire boss steps down over support for Texas abortion law

[Eugene]

Source: BBC

Tripwire boss steps down over support for Texas abortion law

7 September 2021

The president of game-studio Tripwire Interactive has stepped down after tweeting support for a controversial new abortion law in Texas.

The Texas law bans abortions from as early as six weeks into pregnancy.

John Gibson tweeted he was "proud" of the legal outcome and was a "a pro-life game developer".

Some of the studio's partners rapidly distanced themselves from Mr Gibson, with one announcing it would cancel its contracts over the issue.

And two days after the tweet was posted, amid an avalanche of criticism, Tripwire said: "Effective immediately, John Gibson has stepped down."

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-58476595

[Champp]

1. Republican freako-fascists need to quarantine themselves

until their Control Freak Impulse (CFI) morphs into Basic Human Decency & Respect (BHDR).

[Politicub]

2. This is PR to cover his misogynist ass. He is still on the board.

This PR move is to keep him in control while deceiving customers.

[lagomorph777]

4. Oh jeez. How slimy. I'll bet the move fails.

[lagomorph777]

3. Wow - just about killed his company, so they axed him.

Apparently gameboys aren't mostly fundies.

[Progressive Jones]

5. The ones I work with are, and they are all

living, breathing stereotypes.

[Elessar Zappa]

6. There's gamers on this site.

My brother’s a gamer and he doesn’t fit the stereotype at all. He’s liberal, married, has a full time job, friends, etc. Gaming’s his hobby.

[Sympthsical]

7. Who?

Never heard of this company or these games before, and I've been a gamer all my life.

Ah well. Stupid games, stupid prizes.

Reminds me of a Bill Burr bit. He's talking about racist characters in movies screaming racist things. After a racist rant, the character ends with, "Can I lose my job at the bank now?!"

Pretty hard rule of capitalism: don't alienate your customers.