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I'm not saying that you should hide yourself for being christian. I wouldn't have any problem working with somebody having religious themed personal items on th

by simias 10y ago

I'm not saying that you should hide yourself for being christian. I wouldn't have any problem working with somebody having religious themed personal items on their desk. That's your private space as far as I'm concerned. I've worked with a catholic guy who told me he prostested the same-sex marriage law in france. I completely disagree with his position but we just stopped the discussion at this point and we kept working together just fine. I would do the same if we worked together, probably. Now if you kept bringing it up or even wear anti-abortion shirts or stuff like that then yeah, I might ask you to tone it down. But other than that it's really not my problem. The key element is respect I think. I respect you, you respect me and everybody's a happy bunny.

michaelsbradley 10y ago
> The key element is respect I think. I respect you, you respect me and everybody's a happy bunny. You sound quite reasonable, and I think you're right. :-) Other folks I've encountered are... not so reasonable.
rsyring 10y ago
> or even wear anti-abortion shirts or stuff like that then yeah, I might ask you to tone it down. If someone wore a t-shirt in support of the LGBTQ+ life style, would you ask them to "tone it down"?
- simias 10y ago
  Maybe? What would it look like? In general I find that it's harder to be offensive when you position yourself for something rather than against something. On paper an anti-religious shirt sounds more offensive than a pro-LGBTQ+ one, for instance. Both sound hardly appropriate for work though.
- josephlord 10y ago
  One is about telling other people how they should behave and possibly making them uncomfortable it they have had an abortion, the other is acknowledging the existence of people and their freedom to be who they are. This is a pretty fundamental difference isn't it? No one is out wearing t-shirts telling other people that they should be queer are they? And I'm assuming your use of the phrase "the LGBTQ+ life style" was a slip not an intentional denial of the many different lifestyles LGBTQ people have and that being L, G, B, T or Q is for most not a lifestyle but fundamental component of their person.

by simias 10y ago

michaelsbradley 10y ago

> The key element is respect I think. I respect you, you respect me and everybody's a happy bunny. You sound quite reasonable, and I think you're right. :-) Other folks I've encountered are... not so reasonable.

rsyring 10y ago

> or even wear anti-abortion shirts or stuff like that then yeah, I might ask you to tone it down. If someone wore a t-shirt in support of the LGBTQ+ life style, would you ask them to "tone it down"?

simias 10y ago
Maybe? What would it look like? In general I find that it's harder to be offensive when you position yourself for something rather than against something. On paper an anti-religious shirt sounds more offensive than a pro-LGBTQ+ one, for instance. Both sound hardly appropriate for work though.
josephlord 10y ago
One is about telling other people how they should behave and possibly making them uncomfortable it they have had an abortion, the other is acknowledging the existence of people and their freedom to be who they are. This is a pretty fundamental difference isn't it? No one is out wearing t-shirts telling other people that they should be queer are they? And I'm assuming your use of the phrase "the LGBTQ+ life style" was a slip not an intentional denial of the many different lifestyles LGBTQ people have and that being L, G, B, T or Q is for most not a lifestyle but fundamental component of their person.