There have always been things that shouldn't be said for the good of the body politic. When people lose sight of this and vent their private prejudices, it's usually because they've lost sight of this axiomatic principle due to their brains being compromised in some way. If it's not drugs, it's senility, solipsism or a lack of social intelligence, which are all good reasons to fire someone from corporate boards that specifically require people with good judgement in more than one arena.