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“I figured it would be a good place to see intelligent arguments through. It didn’t really turn out how I expected.” When the urge gets irresistible, I post my

“I figured it would be a good place to see intelligent arguments through. It didn’t really turn out how I expected.” When the urge gets irresistible, I post my "intelligent arguments" about politics to reddit, anonymously. Strangely, no one ever seems to change their mind! Odd, that. I'm under no illusion that this is healthy or productive, even less so that it will win me friends and accolades. It's hard to imagine the mindset of someone who thinks it would be a good idea to do this at work.

Fellshard 7y ago
If you get along well with your coworkers otherwise, it might be you expect they would be reasonable conversants in a company-internal forum. It appears that assumption does not hold once some level of physical interaction is removed from the picture; certainly it can't be argued that anonymity is the factor, here.
tempsy 7y ago
I mean, I think the underlying issue this person has (and others, most likely) is the perception that it is "OK" to be very vocal about left-leaning views in the workplace but it is not okay to be the same about right-leaning ones. The whole point is that it's unfair to those workers to have to "hide" in anonymous forums to express views that are held by half the country, especially if the workplace has made it clear there are no consequences (or that it's encouraged) to vocally express the views of the other side.
- DanBC 7y ago
  We don't know what he means by "right leaning views". The one near example we had was that he told someone that she needed to be more resilient. This is obviously a bad idea.
  - CapricornNoble 7y ago
    Is resiliency not considered a virtue? Is an addition of resiliency not a net benefit, all other things being equal? Coming from a work/lifestyle culture where "Harden the F-- Up" is uttered almost daily, I'm not seeing how urging a coworker to upgrade their fortitude is a problem.

Fellshard 7y ago

If you get along well with your coworkers otherwise, it might be you expect they would be reasonable conversants in a company-internal forum. It appears that assumption does not hold once some level of physical interaction is removed from the picture; certainly it can't be argued that anonymity is the factor, here.

tempsy 7y ago

I mean, I think the underlying issue this person has (and others, most likely) is the perception that it is "OK" to be very vocal about left-leaning views in the workplace but it is not okay to be the same about right-leaning ones. The whole point is that it's unfair to those workers to have to "hide" in anonymous forums to express views that are held by half the country, especially if the workplace has made it clear there are no consequences (or that it's encouraged) to vocally express the views of the other side.

DanBC 7y ago
We don't know what he means by "right leaning views". The one near example we had was that he told someone that she needed to be more resilient. This is obviously a bad idea.
- CapricornNoble 7y ago
  Is resiliency not considered a virtue? Is an addition of resiliency not a net benefit, all other things being equal? Coming from a work/lifestyle culture where "Harden the F-- Up" is uttered almost daily, I'm not seeing how urging a coworker to upgrade their fortitude is a problem.