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We've always been happy to have that happen. Take the Red Scare as an example: Gallup poll found that popular support for Joseph McCarthy peaked at 50% in 1954
by jakelazaroff 7y ago
We've always been happy to have that happen.
Take the Red Scare as an example: Gallup poll found that popular support for Joseph McCarthy peaked at 50% in 1954 [1]. In other words, a full half of the US population was in favor of companies blacklisting people from employment on the basis of their political views.
[1] https://books.google.com/books?id=ViXaw6NSkrYC&pg=PA263#v=onepage&q&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=ViXaw6NSkrYC&pg=PA263#v=on...
- lol2143651 7y agoI wonder what percentage of people favor companies blacklisting "racists".
- chasd00 7y agoIn the tech. industry "blacklisting people from employment on the basis of their political views." i would argue support is still around 50%.
- Proziam 7y agoFrom what I've seen, it seems to me that it's even more than half now. There's a lot of 'cancel culture' in tech now. Lots of people are happy about the de-platforming of people they disagree with. People today seem to be more willing to kick someone off the internet, get someone fired from their work, or put someone on blast socially than they are willing to simply sit down and debate the person - or just mute/block/ignore/avoid them themselves.