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Honestly, I have no idea what in the hell people are talking about when they mention "PC Police". I have never actually witnessed this IRL, even back in college
by village-idiot 8y ago
Honestly, I have no idea what in the hell people are talking about when they mention "PC Police". I have never actually witnessed this IRL, even back in college when I was self assured and more likely to run my mouth without thinking.
I occasionally had people stare at me like I was an idiot, often when I was being an idiot. But I never really got silenced or punished for it.
Maybe my college was an unusually free speech kinda place, but I am yet to be convinced that there's actually a problem of any sort.
- Myrmornis 8y agoSounds like you've yet to have the pleasure of encountering a diversity program in your workplace.
- village-idiot 8y agoThey just make it very clear that you can’t discriminate (or appear to discriminate) by protected characteristics during hiring. I have yet to have my speech “policed” for correctness. I mean, professionalism is expected, but not “PC”.
- Myrmornis 8y agoAh, OK. Where I work (Bay Area tech company) it would be basically impossible to question (however politely) dogma such as "The pipeline isn't the problem; the work environment is the problem". <== This refers to the hiring pipeline and difficulties of hiring programmers from under-represented backgrounds "Seeking to hire candidates from under-represented backgrounds does not mean that the standards for evaluation are being lowered even slightly for anyone."
- village-idiot 8y agoSounds like a bay area problem. Where I'm at (LA), I've never heard of anyone saying that. Not the biggest sample size, but around here it seems like the general attitude is “so the best you can” not “it’s your responsibility to fix all wrongs, no matter the cost”