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>Everywhere you look, you find people who are practically leaping for any small excuse to tear into someone, tear them down, label them various names, get them

>Everywhere you look, you find people who are practically leaping for any small excuse to tear into someone, tear them down, label them various names, get them fired, and so on. I think it's you that lack perspective. There is more world beyond twitter outrage culture, and the vast majority of people do not engage in such behaviours.

ailideex 7y ago
There very well may be more to the world, than twitter outrage culture but once this comes for the average joe you are totally fucked and I actively fear that someone at work finds out I listen to Ben Shapiro's podcast because this could easily result in me loosing my job and being deported as a result.
- chasd00 7y ago
  This is a very real issue. I shared my screen during a conference call with a browser tab open to a conservative news site. I had to cover with showing how i was opening a link someone sent me in an email to see what they were talking about vs. going there voluntarily. Even then, there was still grumbling on the call and later in Slack I was "casually" asked about what left-leaning causes i support outside of work.
  - stOneskull 7y ago
    Thank you for saying. It's like we can't even mention these frustrations sometimes
- andrepd 7y ago
  Give me one example, one, where somebody in the US was persecuted for listening to a podcast, and didn't subsequently win a court case for wrongful dismissal. You'll struggle to find even one example of that happening at all, let alone one where that did happen and the courts didn't find it illegal.
microcolonel 7y ago
There is clearly a world outside of "Twitter outrage culture", but depending on your industry, it is no less sharp and toxic, and not isolated from the Twittersphere. Several otherwise decent people I've known over the years have had an awakening of vindictive bloodlust coinciding with an ascent into the HR establishment. Their words and actions in everyday life echo the sickness on Twitter.
- Nasrudith 7y ago
  I think you may have the causation backwards. The sickness on Twitter is an echo of their words and actions.

ailideex 7y ago

There very well may be more to the world, than twitter outrage culture but once this comes for the average joe you are totally fucked and I actively fear that someone at work finds out I listen to Ben Shapiro's podcast because this could easily result in me loosing my job and being deported as a result.

chasd00 7y ago
This is a very real issue. I shared my screen during a conference call with a browser tab open to a conservative news site. I had to cover with showing how i was opening a link someone sent me in an email to see what they were talking about vs. going there voluntarily. Even then, there was still grumbling on the call and later in Slack I was "casually" asked about what left-leaning causes i support outside of work.
- stOneskull 7y ago
  Thank you for saying. It's like we can't even mention these frustrations sometimes
andrepd 7y ago
Give me one example, one, where somebody in the US was persecuted for listening to a podcast, and didn't subsequently win a court case for wrongful dismissal. You'll struggle to find even one example of that happening at all, let alone one where that did happen and the courts didn't find it illegal.

microcolonel 7y ago

There is clearly a world outside of "Twitter outrage culture", but depending on your industry, it is no less sharp and toxic, and not isolated from the Twittersphere. Several otherwise decent people I've known over the years have had an awakening of vindictive bloodlust coinciding with an ascent into the HR establishment. Their words and actions in everyday life echo the sickness on Twitter.

Nasrudith 7y ago
I think you may have the causation backwards. The sickness on Twitter is an echo of their words and actions.