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Nope. We've lost the ability to criticize an idea without the other side assuming it's an attack. I say De-fund/Disband the Police is a stupid idea to the wron
by lykr0n 6y ago
Nope. We've lost the ability to criticize an idea without the other side assuming it's an attack.
I say De-fund/Disband the Police is a stupid idea to the wrong person, I get branded as a Republican/Trump Supporter/Nazi/Bootlicker. There is a chance my professional career would end.
I say being transgender is weird or something to the wrong person, I get branded as a homophobic bigot. There is a chance my professional career would end.
Those are two hot button issues that I just came up with due to the news. There's a reason I don't have a public profile associated with myself. The wrong person sees something, and they're up their ass just enough, something can be taken out of context and used to destroy my future.
I'd rather be two-faced then risk what I've built.
- asciident 6y agoIt depend on your position. Some sensitive topics are okay at some levels of your career (like when you're a student or entry-level employee), while other topics are basically fire-able offenses for people in semi-public roles like startup executives, academics, politicians, directors of various non-profit organizations including sports clubs, partner-level people at white shoe firms including VC and law, or middle managers and above at larger companies. For the latter group, more things are sensitive: the seriousness of the pandemic, nature vs nurture for certain skills/intelligence, being dismissive about ethical issues (robotics, computer vision, privacy, etc.), border control and foreign policy in general, saying the wrong thing about minimum/living wages, usual hot topics like abortion and gun rights (especially during some news cycles), opinion about public funding for certain institutions, agreement with diversity/inclusion initiatives, opinions about laws around discrimination, and taxes and social welfare.
- ChristianBundy 6y agoYes, if you advocate for political positions that hurt people then the people hurt by your ideology are unlikely to be happy with you. > taken out of context This seems orthogonal to the problem you've described. Just because you're getting ripped for your opinions doesn't automatically mean that your positions are taken "out of context". Obligatory: It's impossible to argue with hypotheticals. Please point to a position you've taken and how it's backfired and we can take a look at who was in the wrong.
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