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> I would prefer people in society to be able to handle a political discussion without freaking out, calling each other names, involving HR or burning buildings
by drewbug01 5y ago
> I would prefer people in society to be able to handle a political discussion without freaking out, calling each other names, involving HR or burning buildings down.
Most people can. What we're starting to hear out of Basecamp is that the people who couldn't handle it were DHH and Jason, not the employees: https://twitter.com/conormuirhead/status/1386890595902267394 https://twitter.com/conormuirhead/status/1386890595902267394
- wskinner 5y agoIt may be the case that 1) the majority of Basecamp employees don’t want this level of political discussion at work and 2) the majority of Basecamp employees on Twitter do want it. Twitter skews young, Democratic, and more interested in politics compared to the broader population: https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2019/04/24/sizing-up-twitter-users/ https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2019/04/24/sizing-up-tw...