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the whole thing sounds crazy but I'm genuinely confused why the author didn't take a stand at the crazy offensive statements that were shared earlier in the art
by rboyd 8y ago
the whole thing sounds crazy but I'm genuinely confused why the author didn't take a stand at the crazy offensive statements that were shared earlier in the article. is it because the female colleagues took issue?
if someone at my place of work used some of the language about my wife, etc, I would be trying to get it on audio and have that person terminated.
- rectang 8y agoIt is hard and risky to take a stand against the prevailing culture. I completely understand it when people hesitate. There are techniques to do it less confrontationally, as suggested by the poster elsethread who urged giving people the "opportunity for personal growth". I'd argue that the author of the article did an admirable job of handling things, under extreme duress -- even though he was not ultimately successful. There's also a place for in-your-face obnoxious confrontation (e.g. ACT-UP), civil disobedience (breaking the law when the law is unjust), and even violence (American Revolution). None of those are the easy path.