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Home Front: Culture Wars
Karma Catches Up With Adam Mark Smith
2015-03-28
An ex-CFO and Chick-fil-A protestor who lost his job after posting a video rant against one of the chain's employees has since lost his home and lives on food stamps.

Adam Mark Smith, 37, who worked for an Arizona-based medical device manufacturer, was shamed after the 2012 YouTube video was posted showing him berating employee Rachel Elizabeth.

The video which expressed his disdain over the firm's [alleged] anti-gay marriage stance went viral, and left him unemployed and forced to lose his home.

Nearly three years later, the married father of four is still searching for a job and his family previously had to give away possessions before he was hired and fired again [for the same video], according to ABC.
He's a total dick, but you can't help but feel for his family.
A company simply cannot have such a negative attention magnet on staff, especially in a senior position.
At the time he was working as CFO for Vante, Smith was earning $200,000 annually and had more than $1million in stock options, but he said it was all taken from him when he was fired.
Posted by:Hupineger Glomomp52169

#8   Seriously how come someone from the LBGT community has not stepped up to help a fellow loud mouth trouble maker.

Wrong demographics?
Posted by: Pappy   2015-03-28 21:54  

#7  I hear chick-fil-a is hiring. Plus free food is better than food stamps. Seriously how come someone from the LBGT community has not stepped up to help a fellow loud mouth trouble maker.
Posted by: Airandee   2015-03-28 20:42  

#6  he's writing a book. Surprisingly, the working title isn't "Self-important douchbaggery has a cost"
Posted by: Frank G   2015-03-28 20:24  

#5  the 2012 YouTube video was posted showing him berating employee Rachel Elizabeth.

The video which expressed his disdain over the firm's [alleged] anti-gay marriage stance went viral, and left him unemployed and forced to lose his home.

Mark Twain ... Better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2015-03-28 13:38  

#4  Be an asshole, get treated like an asshole.
Posted by: tu3031   2015-03-28 11:39  

#3  $200k per annum ain't a lotta money for a CFO. I s'pect he was already in trouble at his company, he knew it and he unconciously decided to go off the rails.

That he hasn't gotten another job speaks more to his lack of his professional judgement and abilities than his political sense.
Posted by: badanov   2015-03-28 11:25  

#2  On the plus side, I'll wager his situation today gives him much less opportunity to worry about others' views on homosexual marriage.
Posted by: Black Bart McGurque3985   2015-03-28 10:37  

#1  So now you know how the 99% live, Adam.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2015-03-28 04:26  

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