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He may not support them, but in the current culture you have to pretend to otherwise people might think you're a sexist or a racist. I don't support them, but I

He may not support them, but in the current culture you have to pretend to otherwise people might think you're a sexist or a racist. I don't support them, but I pretend to.

tester34 6y ago
It's pretty sad.
hkon 6y ago
Somewhere along the lines disagreeing with kafkaesque processes like OP experienced, became similar to professional suicide, so I understand you completely.
DarkCrusader2 6y ago
> you have to pretend to otherwise people might think you're a sexist or a racist Or quickly get you fired by shaming you employer. No one want to jeopardize their jobs.
Aeolun 6y ago
Huh, TIL I’m a sexist and/or racist.
- mcny 6y ago
  > Huh, TIL I’m a sexist and/or racist. I think the meta is we have to understand we are all *-ist at some level. This is the world we were born and raised in and it is incredibly silly for me to suggest that I am somehow above my nurture. Of course, I will deny everything if you find my real name and attach it to this post because we can't really say this out loud but just between us I think the key is to understand that we all have inherent biases and actively try to fight ones that we consider not helpful.
  - Aeolun 6y ago
    I agree, but I think it’s silly that we have to pretend to agree with stupid SJW policies just because people are afraid of the backlash if someone traces their account name back to their real name. Since it’s fairly unlikely for similar resistance to have any effect on my career, I kind of feel inclined to always respond according to what I think, instead of what people like to hear. In this case it actually garnered downvotes, which I found fairly surprising, given, like you said, that we all have inherent biases.
svieira 6y ago
> Individuals need not believe all these mystifications, but they must behave as though they did, or they must at least tolerate them in silence, or get along well with those who work with them. For this reason, however, they must live within a lie. They need not accept the lie. It is enough for them to have accepted their life with it and in it. For by this very fact, individuals confirm the system, fulfill the system, make the system, are the system. https://web.archive.org/web/20120107141633/http://www.vaclavhavel.cz/showtrans.php?cat=clanky&val=72_aj_clanky.html&typ=HTML https://web.archive.org/web/20120107141633/http://www.vaclav...

He may not support them, but in the current culture you have to pretend to otherwise people might think you're a sexist or a racist. I don't support them, but I pretend to.

tester34 6y ago

It's pretty sad.

hkon 6y ago

Somewhere along the lines disagreeing with kafkaesque processes like OP experienced, became similar to professional suicide, so I understand you completely.

DarkCrusader2 6y ago

> you have to pretend to otherwise people might think you're a sexist or a racist Or quickly get you fired by shaming you employer. No one want to jeopardize their jobs.

Aeolun 6y ago

Huh, TIL I’m a sexist and/or racist.

mcny 6y ago
> Huh, TIL I’m a sexist and/or racist. I think the meta is we have to understand we are all *-ist at some level. This is the world we were born and raised in and it is incredibly silly for me to suggest that I am somehow above my nurture. Of course, I will deny everything if you find my real name and attach it to this post because we can't really say this out loud but just between us I think the key is to understand that we all have inherent biases and actively try to fight ones that we consider not helpful.
- Aeolun 6y ago
  I agree, but I think it’s silly that we have to pretend to agree with stupid SJW policies just because people are afraid of the backlash if someone traces their account name back to their real name. Since it’s fairly unlikely for similar resistance to have any effect on my career, I kind of feel inclined to always respond according to what I think, instead of what people like to hear. In this case it actually garnered downvotes, which I found fairly surprising, given, like you said, that we all have inherent biases.

svieira 6y ago

> Individuals need not believe all these mystifications, but they must behave as though they did, or they must at least tolerate them in silence, or get along well with those who work with them. For this reason, however, they must live within a lie. They need not accept the lie. It is enough for them to have accepted their life with it and in it. For by this very fact, individuals confirm the system, fulfill the system, make the system, are the system. https://web.archive.org/web/20120107141633/http://www.vaclavhavel.cz/showtrans.php?cat=clanky&val=72_aj_clanky.html&typ=HTML https://web.archive.org/web/20120107141633/http://www.vaclav...