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That language seems very odd to me. What's the difference between "defining someone's identity" and "having an opinion about someone that is contrary to how the
by xyzzyz 7y ago
That language seems very odd to me. What's the difference between "defining someone's identity" and "having an opinion about someone that is contrary to how they view themselves"?
The difference is that once you establish that it's "defining someone's identity", then disagreement with that person is "denying their right to exist", and so basically violence, from which the person you disagreed with deserve protection. These are the lines along which this kind of conversations typically proceeded inside Google.
- dgzl 7y ago> once you establish that it's "defining someone's identity", then disagreement with that person is "denying their right to exist", and so basically violence Hyperbole doesn't even begin to describe this.
- xyzzyz 7y agoYes, this is absurd, but I've seen this play out over and over again right in front of my eyes at Google.
- dgzl 7y agoWhenever I hear people describe non-physical confrontation as "violence", my only thought is that they have no idea what real violence is. The tech echo-chamber is fostering unrealistic opinions about life and liberty.
- KUcxrAVrtI 7y agoTurns out we needed broken bones to realize why words never hurt.
- dgzl 7y agoHonestly, not an unreasonable thought.