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For those who work there - I am curious, I occasionally come across complaints online that much of Silicon Valley and tech companies have a large "dirtbag left"
by fareesh 7y ago
For those who work there - I am curious, I occasionally come across complaints online that much of Silicon Valley and tech companies have a large "dirtbag left" (not my term, I am referencing what is written in the article) contingent of employees, who actively "cleanse" their ranks of all right-leaning employees.
I am inclined to believe this because of past stories involving the Mozilla CEO and the Occulus CEO and James Damore all being fired for basically not having heterodox views.
From the comments that I read across various forum websites whenever this topic comes up, the takeaway seems to be a chilling effect POV of "if you're right-leaning, make sure nobody finds out, and just do your job".
Of course it's very difficult to form an opinion sitting in another country based on what you read on the internet, so I was curious to know how true it is.
- dade_ 7y agoAmerica is so far right of center, many of the so called dirt bag left are actually center right. However, in my experience extreme right wing social conservatives can be pretty good at self-cleansing by constantly sharing their amazing opinions on superior races, the problem with 'those people' and my favorite, informing people that they are living in sin.
- fareesh 7y agoIn the present tense the problem of bigotry seems universal regardless of political affiliation. It is just the category of people who are discriminated against, that changes, depending on the offending party's preferences