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Nobody talks about the Stonewall riots at work, or how gays couldn't marry nationwide until years ago, but I don't assume they're anti-LGBT for failure to disc
by JMTQp8lwXL 7y ago
Nobody talks about the Stonewall riots at work, or how gays couldn't marry nationwide until years ago, but I don't assume they're anti-LGBT for failure to discuss these things.
- dudul 7y agoDid I talk about YOU? I'm talking about the author of the memo to give you a readily available example of a person who understands "not talking about <issue A>" as "passionately siding with <opposite side of issue A>". YOU are great apparently, but maybe other people did think that the persons not attending these LGBT sessions were indeed anti-LGBT. Just like the author of this memo.
- JMTQp8lwXL 7y agoThe author thinks coworkers are bigoted for this reason: > Over the last 5 years I’ve heard co-workers spew hateful words about immigrants, boast unabashedly about gentrifying neighborhoods, mockingly imitate people who speak different languages, reject candidates of color without evidence because of ‘fit.’ Not for lack of attending some discussion sessions.
- magduf 7y agoTo be fair, I never accused the author of this (in fact, I'm one of those lazy people who frequently doesn't even read the article before jumping in and commenting). Instead, I was merely raising the question about how people who don't attend such activities are viewed at their workplace and if it might negatively affect their standing at work, because I've seen this with other activities.
- will4274 7y agoSitting here in Seattle working for a tech company where we have a Stonewall riot poster in every kitchen...