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Twitter Fires Its New Head of VR After Two Days

This was Greg Gopman’s first week at Twitter. Today was his last day.

Twitter just hired Gopman to work on the company’s virtual reality efforts. But then TechCrunch resurfaced his vile, disgusting rant about San Fransisco’s homeless population. Gopman got fired roughly 48 hours after he started his fancy new job, and about 12 hours after the TechCrunch post. The now-unemployed technology enthusiast let the world know in a Facebook status: “Anddd I’m fired. Thanks TechCrunch.”

This is Gopman’s rant from 2013:

Just got back to SF. I’ve traveled around the world and I gotta say there is nothing more grotesque than walking down market st in San Francisco. Why the heart of our city has to be overrun by crazy, homeless, drug dealers, dropouts, and trash I have no clue. Each time I pass it my love affair with SF dies a little.

The difference is in other cosmopolitan cities, the lower part of society keep to themselves. They sell small trinkets, beg coyly, stay quiet, and generally stay out of your way. They realize it’s a privilege to be in the civilized part of town and view themselves as guests. And that’s okay.

In downtown SF the degenerates gather like hyenas, spit, urinate, taunt you, sell drugs, get rowdy, they act like they own the center of the city. Like it’s their place of leisure… In actuality it’s the business district for one of the wealthiest cities in the USA. It a disgrace. I don’t even feel safe walking down the sidewalk without planning out my walking path.

You can preach compassion, equality, and be the biggest lover in the world, but there is an area of town for degenerates and an area of town for the working class. There is nothing positive gained from having them so close to us. It’s a burden and a liability having them so close to us. Believe me, if they added the smallest iota of value I’d consider thinking different, but the crazy toothless lady who kicks everyone that gets too close to her cardboard box hasn’t made anyone’s life better in a while.

 

[War Peaceman]

yep i would not want to have this cunt in my work environment

though i do feel discomfort over the fact that he was fired because it resurfaced. twitter must have been aware before they hired him.

 

[Forearms]

GOP-man, what a fitting last name!

 

[TedHub]

"Thanks TechCrunch"? Dude only has himself to blame.

 

[Dalek]

I mean, I agree the homeless issue in San Francisco is pretty rough-but this guys words are pretty vile.

 

[flintstryker]

I felt like I have read this rant before

 

[Mandius]

He would have been fine if he had tweeted those feelings instead of posting them on facebook.

 

[HStallion]

Can we change it from Silicone Valley to Shitbird Alley soon?

 

[Xamtheking]

Props to Twitter for reprimanding him appropriately and quickly

 

[jooey]

A double-bad walk down the street

 

[Gordon Shumway]

Bask in it..feel privileged, filth!

 

[ShyMel]

I get that people don't like seeing the homeless, but wow what a way to convey it.

 

[New002]

I felt like I have read this rant before

Getting major déjà vu. I feel like I read this rant a long time in another thread.

 

[VanMardigan]

I mean, I agree the homeless issue in San Francisco is pretty rough-but this guys words are pretty vile.

You know what's more rough than the homeless issue in San Francisco? Being homeless in San Francisco.

 

[apieceofstrange]

I felt like I have read this rant before

Because it made headlines back in 2013 when he first posted it.

Kind of weird Twitter would hire him in the first place when this was already known information.

 

[qcf x2]

The bolded part of the rant is textbook scumbaggery.

I don't know what it is about the internet that inspires people to flaunt their bigotry.

 

[Dalek]

You know what's more rough than the homeless issue in San Francisco. Being homeless in San Francisco.

Not really-they should feel privileged to piss on these streets!

 

[Adaren]

Believe me!

 

[Chumley]

Figures. Silicon Valley types are so fucking elitist they think they're basically a different species.

 

[Stinkles]

If he'd blamed the situation on local politics and national crises and complained about the causes, not the victims, he'd have been fine, but he talked about those people like a Victorian slumlord.

 

[_Ryo_]

God, what an asshole. Who's the degenerate now?

 

[btown]

The bigger problem with SF is that it's filled with pieces of shit like Greg Gopman.

 

[ThisGuy]

Lmao, planning walking paths out of fear. I've seen a couple die hard liberals crumble when stepping into the poor community. Glad they're fired.

Guests my ass.

 

[SwiftDeath]

I can understand how you can get annoyed by homeless people sometimes but this is just disturbing

 

[UnemployedVillain]

Can we change it from Silicone Valley to Shitbird Alley soon?

Silicon. And there's more to the place than a handful of rich people saying/doing dumb shit

 

[DontBeThatGuy]

Yep, he's an asshole alright. Seriously, who the fuck drops a rant about homeless people. Check your damn privilege..

 

[jiggle]

It's good to see he became a better human being since then

“Anddd I’m fired. Thanks TechCrunch.”

Nvm





Twitter putting nasty oculus/fb to shame

 

[commedieu]

And he doesn't even get it.

Hoe long before "I apolofize if u got offendits."

 

[Hierophant]

sf tech guys always sound like giant wankers, is this common?

 

[FlyinJ]

I'm sure Palmer Luckey will fast track his resume for head of diversity at Oculus.

 

[Lys Skygge]

You know, if he would have apologized after the initial backlash, he might not have been fired. Dude sounds like a dick.

 

[Sir Abacus]

Can we change it from Silicone Valley to Shitbird Alley soon?

Silicon Valley is suburbia on the border between Santa Clara, San Jose and Sunnyvale. There are homeless all over Santa Clara and you get to know them after awhile. Like the homeless vet that sings out the front of Fry's in Sunnyvale. Or the couple of guys that hang out at the mattress store after hours on Saratoga and Stevens Creek. Or the vets out the front of the 7-11 on Kiely and Benton. They're all nice people. Just fallen on hard times.

San Francisco might as well be a different country.

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

Hire me instead! My bigotry is diet Pepsi.

 

[Kelsdesu]

Fucking techbros man..

 

[Dryk]

sf tech guys always sound like giant wankers, is this common?

They're often arrogant libertarians who hate being reminded about the underclass that their ideals help create so...

 

[freeofgreed]

Why does twitter have a head of VR?

 

[Corpekata]

When's he getting hired by Oculus?

 

[Infinite]

shouldn't have been fired. his view should be embraced for the diversity it brings to the company.

 

[Alucrid]

sf tech guys always sound like giant wankers, is this common?

that or insane people that think we live in a matrix

 

[EatinOlives]

shouldn't have been fired. his view should be embraced for the diversity it brings to the company.

lol

 

[SwiftDeath]

Why does twitter have a head of VR?

I'm sure they were asking themselves the same question yesterday

 

[Mr. Giggles]

Yeesh what a jerk.

 

[Deleted member 80556]

shouldn't have been fired. his view should be embraced for the diversity it brings to the company.

Mark is that you?

 

[Stumpokapow]

Why does twitter have a head of VR?

To change the world duh

 

[Alucrid]

shouldn't have been fired. his view should be embraced for the diversity it brings to the company.

he could have doubled as the head of vr and head of homeless final solutions

 

[LiveFromKyoto]

Everyone's going to rag on this guy, but if you've ever had to deal with super-aggressive homeless on a daily basis, I can understand ranting about it on the internet one evening after a shitty day. I can't say I've ever done it, and doing something like that under your own name in this day & age is a mistake, but it doesn't take a hateful monster to do it.

 

[EatinOlives]

The now-unemployed technology enthusiast let the world know in a Facebook status: “Anddd I’m fired. Thanks TechCrunch.”

Way to take responsibility for your own actions. It wasn't TechCrunch who wrote that garbage in the first place.

 

[Bronx-Man]

Twitter took care of an asshole that quickly? That's a surprise.

 

[wutwutwut]

Gopman is a friend of a friend. This was sad. He had more than atoned for his sins.

 

[kitchenmotors]

The guy oozes entitled and privileged. And I love all of his friends not calling out his shit in that Facebook post. But I suppose that's the type of company he would keep around.

Vile and good riddance.