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That doesn't sound like an unbiased removal of politics from the workplace to me. I think I would be out of the door, too. Why, do you "assume bad intent" and

That doesn't sound like an unbiased removal of politics from the workplace to me. I think I would be out of the door, too. Why, do you "assume bad intent" and "make unsubstantiated accusations"? Do you want to, or do you want to work with people that do? I don't think anyone who quits because those "behaviours are not tolerated" will be missed by their former colleagues. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_No_Asshole_Rule https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_No_Asshole_Rule

ppf 5y ago
You have just perfectly demonstrated how these new rules can be used to crush even a hint of dissent. I'm out.
- bordercases 5y ago
  The rules work!
- wearywanderer 5y ago
  In what sense were you crushed by goatinaboat? If somebody publicly disagrees with you, does that mean they have crushed you?
- chevill 5y ago
  I think a few of the things from the quote are troubling because they were phrased so ambiguously the management could interpret them in disingenuous ways that mean you could theoretically push anyone you wanted out of a company. But at this point isn't it just a memo from the CEO and not a formalized SOP? I would hope the SOP would clarify more. However, I think lots of people wondered why in the quote you included a few things that don't seem to be anything aside from objectively bad, such as "assuming bad intent" and "making unsubstantiated accusations." How did someone simply asking you about it "crush" you into silence?
  - ppf 5y ago
    That person used my very questioning of it as an example of something that "assumed bad intent", etc etc, as the memo said, "will not be tolerated". Scale that up to a workplace, and I can see how that could go sideways.
rayiner 5y ago
> Why, do you "assume bad intent" and "make unsubstantiated accusations"? Yes: https://offices.depaul.edu/diversity/education/presidents-book-club/PublishingImages/Pages/default/Kendi's%20Main%20Points.pdf https://offices.depaul.edu/diversity/education/presidents-bo... > Attributes of a successful antiracist > 1. Stop saying, “I am not racist.” > 2. Admit racism exists and is ascribed to you.
- goatinaboat 5y ago
  Admit racism exists and is ascribed to you. You are clearly a racist then, admit it
- bordercases 5y ago
  That logic exists mainly to paint a target on your back and to internalize guilt and disempowerment. It's missing the hidden condition that distinguishes someone claiming to be anti-racist, admitting that they are racist, and acknowledging that other people are calling them racist: they are meant to feel shame and be put into an inverted power situation favoring the person doing the accusing. Else every troll on Twitter would be antiracist in all but name.

ppf 5y ago

You have just perfectly demonstrated how these new rules can be used to crush even a hint of dissent. I'm out.

bordercases 5y ago
The rules work!
wearywanderer 5y ago
In what sense were you crushed by goatinaboat? If somebody publicly disagrees with you, does that mean they have crushed you?
chevill 5y ago
I think a few of the things from the quote are troubling because they were phrased so ambiguously the management could interpret them in disingenuous ways that mean you could theoretically push anyone you wanted out of a company. But at this point isn't it just a memo from the CEO and not a formalized SOP? I would hope the SOP would clarify more. However, I think lots of people wondered why in the quote you included a few things that don't seem to be anything aside from objectively bad, such as "assuming bad intent" and "making unsubstantiated accusations." How did someone simply asking you about it "crush" you into silence?
- ppf 5y ago
  That person used my very questioning of it as an example of something that "assumed bad intent", etc etc, as the memo said, "will not be tolerated". Scale that up to a workplace, and I can see how that could go sideways.

rayiner 5y ago

> Why, do you "assume bad intent" and "make unsubstantiated accusations"? Yes: https://offices.depaul.edu/diversity/education/presidents-book-club/PublishingImages/Pages/default/Kendi's%20Main%20Points.pdf https://offices.depaul.edu/diversity/education/presidents-bo... > Attributes of a successful antiracist > 1. Stop saying, “I am not racist.” > 2. Admit racism exists and is ascribed to you.

goatinaboat 5y ago
Admit racism exists and is ascribed to you. You are clearly a racist then, admit it
bordercases 5y ago
That logic exists mainly to paint a target on your back and to internalize guilt and disempowerment. It's missing the hidden condition that distinguishes someone claiming to be anti-racist, admitting that they are racist, and acknowledging that other people are calling them racist: they are meant to feel shame and be put into an inverted power situation favoring the person doing the accusing. Else every troll on Twitter would be antiracist in all but name.