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Nobody's getting fired for suggesting the top marginal tax rate should be lower, or expressing the value of hard work and individual responsibility. The apparen

Nobody's getting fired for suggesting the top marginal tax rate should be lower, or expressing the value of hard work and individual responsibility. The apparent phenomenon you allude to is the result of the normalization of sexist, racist, and xenophobic beliefs within the "conservative" sphere over the past few decades. Those beliefs are incompatible with being a member of a pluralistic workforce.

supernova87a 7y ago
Ladies and gentlemen, this is the attitude you should be watching out for. Not the one loudly and obnoxiously shouting offensive and obviously antisocial opinions. Recognizing that one is easy. No, the opinion to watch out for is the one who fervently believes that it is the arbiter of what is socially acceptable to say, and is the interpreter of the rules by which it's enforced. Dare to raise a topic of discussion that is even tinged by the topic of sex, race, etc, no matter how important or worthy of discussion, and you'll be labeled offensive and worthy of being fired or banned. And this opinion never ceases believing its own righteousness, that's the worst part.
- 0x262d 7y ago
  The comment you’re replying to didn’t actually say that; you’re straw manning their position of course; they just said there are positions that include judgments of the inherent worth of one’s coworkers that are unacceptable, implying what those are should be socially determined. And I’m sorry but every single “scientific” racist dresses it up in these blowhard high-minded-sounding fake victim terms so it really makes you look like you’re a “scientific” racist too.
  - supernova87a 7y ago
    I equally strongly reject people who cloak racism in "science" that is full of holes. Just as strongly as I object when someone justifies silencing others based on personal offense. You proceed down that path and there's no limit to that reasoning. And I hold both sides equally to that logic. What I warn people against is the insidious slippery slope of people (from either side) who gain (or assert) power to police what people say, and gradually turn the knob from (for example): fighting racist policies to the much fuzzier and dangerous I-am-offended sensibility that targets anyone who wants to talk about something reasonably as racist/sexist/xenophobic. The parent comment strikes me as that vein.

supernova87a 7y ago

Ladies and gentlemen, this is the attitude you should be watching out for. Not the one loudly and obnoxiously shouting offensive and obviously antisocial opinions. Recognizing that one is easy. No, the opinion to watch out for is the one who fervently believes that it is the arbiter of what is socially acceptable to say, and is the interpreter of the rules by which it's enforced. Dare to raise a topic of discussion that is even tinged by the topic of sex, race, etc, no matter how important or worthy of discussion, and you'll be labeled offensive and worthy of being fired or banned. And this opinion never ceases believing its own righteousness, that's the worst part.

0x262d 7y ago
The comment you’re replying to didn’t actually say that; you’re straw manning their position of course; they just said there are positions that include judgments of the inherent worth of one’s coworkers that are unacceptable, implying what those are should be socially determined. And I’m sorry but every single “scientific” racist dresses it up in these blowhard high-minded-sounding fake victim terms so it really makes you look like you’re a “scientific” racist too.
- supernova87a 7y ago
  I equally strongly reject people who cloak racism in "science" that is full of holes. Just as strongly as I object when someone justifies silencing others based on personal offense. You proceed down that path and there's no limit to that reasoning. And I hold both sides equally to that logic. What I warn people against is the insidious slippery slope of people (from either side) who gain (or assert) power to police what people say, and gradually turn the knob from (for example): fighting racist policies to the much fuzzier and dangerous I-am-offended sensibility that targets anyone who wants to talk about something reasonably as racist/sexist/xenophobic. The parent comment strikes me as that vein.