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It makes me think of one of our Slack channel at work that is full of jokes about Trump, the GOP, stupid republican voters, etc. To make it clear, I personally
by dudul 9y ago
It makes me think of one of our Slack channel at work that is full of jokes about Trump, the GOP, stupid republican voters, etc.
To make it clear, I personally don't give a damn F about politics, I don't vote, don't follow any political "drama". But the fact that people feel that it is appropriate to do that at work is pretty mind blowing to me.
- int_19h 9y agoIt's the ongoing increase in partisanship. It makes it easier to form ideological bubbles even where they didn't exist before, because the ratio is so skewed to begin with, it's entirely possible to end up in a group of people selected by some unrelated criteria (e.g. a work team), and find out that there's a significant overlap ideologically. So issues that were not okay because of the potential to offend someone etc, gradually become acceptable, because (at one particular point) there was no-one in particular to be offended. Of course, once established as part of the culture, this becomes self-reinforcing...