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"All kinds of diversity" sounds a lot to me like "all lives matter". You can't have racial and gender diversity while keeping racists and misogynists at the to
by drewrv 10y ago
"All kinds of diversity" sounds a lot to me like "all lives matter".
You can't have racial and gender diversity while keeping racists and misogynists at the top of your company. Why would you want to work for someone who doesn't think you're entitled to fair pay? Or to live in your home? Or to be married to your spouse?
Having a workplace that's accepting of diversity requires kicking out bigots.
- ng12 10y agoI think silencing people by throwing labels at them is way more regressive and dangerous than anything Thiel has ever done.
- drewrv 10y agoWomen and minorities have no obligation to enrich someone working against their interests. The only "silencing" going on is the universal desire to not work for a jerk.
- burntrelish1273 10y agoThe majority of people also believe in nutty religious superstitions but we're not banning them arbitrarily. If we were to ban everyone whom held nutty ideas, they're would be zero other people whom with to work and invest.
- drewrv 10y agoSo we pick and choose our battles. This is the world libertarians supposedly want. Cake shops and social media companies are free to employ bigots, and the rest of us are free to refuse to do business with them, work for them, etc.