There still should be repercussions for weaponizing HR to make someone's life miserable when your only evidence is "accusing his column ... of making them ‘unsafe’" or feeling “shaken up” after a conversation with a colleague.
Somewhere on an emotional level, I feel like there should be. However, if that's the extent of it, and HR decides nothing is needed, then there isn't anything really there. However, if there's civil conspiracy and defamation involved, the repercussions can take the form of lawsuits. My read on Vic Migogna and the #KickVic debacle (which includes already falsified faked accusations on social media) is that it's a weaponized use of HR to get rid of a rival whose politics others disapproved of.
> However, if that's the extent of it, and HR decides nothing is needed, then there isn't anything really there.
True, but then again, it will probably go into the permanent file and if more complaints come in later, it adds up. Similarly to how you're supposed to report even small things to the police if you expect more to come. Even if they can't do anything now, it starts a paper trail and will be taken into account if anything else happens.
Somewhere on an emotional level, I feel like there should be. However, if that's the extent of it, and HR decides nothing is needed, then there isn't anything really there. However, if there's civil conspiracy and defamation involved, the repercussions can take the form of lawsuits. My read on Vic Migogna and the #KickVic debacle (which includes already falsified faked accusations on social media) is that it's a weaponized use of HR to get rid of a rival whose politics others disapproved of.