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I would have assumed that lesbian ideas about immigration ran the gamut of the political spectrum, just the same as non-lesbians. It’s curious that they apparen
by goatinaboat 7y ago
I would have assumed that lesbian ideas about immigration ran the gamut of the political spectrum, just the same as non-lesbians. It’s curious that they apparently cluster at one end.
- weiming 7y agoDiversity != Diversity of thought
- FoxPaw 7y agoWhat I think you're trying to say is: "A group of people who value diversity overwhelmingly support politics which promote diversity and reject politics which do not. But I wish they either didn't care about diversity or valued diversity in a way that didn't influence their politics because it annoys me."
- manfredo 7y agoDiversity of what, though? I've worked at progressive tech companies. They're okay at achieving diversity of skin color, but pretty bad at achieving a diversity of world views. Expulsion explicitly on the basis of the fact that Palantir sells products to ICE is going to reduce diversity by alienating the significant segment of the population that does support border enforcement.
- mises 7y agoIt depends on who you're looking at. There are a few "loud", activist-y homosexuals, but most just go live their lives like any one else. You hear a lot more from the "activist-y" types because they tend to be much louder.
- goatinaboat 7y agoPalantir has a group called Palan-queer https://www.palantir.com/diversity/ https://www.palantir.com/diversity/ for LGBT’s
- altendo 7y agoThey do, just as immigration stances vary across all populations of people. LWT staff however decided to make a decision based on feedback from some of its members/participants. I don't think any conclusions can be drawn based on the actions of the organizers.
- ng12 7y agoDo you think it's a fair, balanced decision taking in a wide range of opinion or a reactionary one based on a few particularly loud naysayers? Past conference experience leads me to believe it's most likely the later.
- jerf 7y agoEverything correlates with everything. Politics is a special case of that.
- ahelwer 7y agoIf you're a person facing societal oppression you're likely to (1) recognize that societal oppression actually exists and (2) be sympathetic to others who are facing societal oppression.
- weiming 7y ago> Facing societal oppression > Sponsored by some of the country's biggest companies: https://lesbianswhotech.org/newyork2019/#Sponsors https://lesbianswhotech.org/newyork2019/#Sponsors
- ng12 7y agoAll the more reason they should support an open environment which allows individual members to decide which companies they do and don't want to work for.
- gtfratteus 7y agoCommitting a crime and then being punished for that crime is not the same as facing societal oppression.
- iicc 7y agoOne possible explanation: https://www.theburningplatform.com/2018/07/08/the-most-intolerant-wins-the-dictatorship-of-the-small-minority/ https://www.theburningplatform.com/2018/07/08/the-most-intol...