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> it's well known in tech that you're putting your job/livelihood at risk by speaking contrary to the political groupthink. Have you ever tried it? FWIW, cowo

> it's well known in tech that you're putting your job/livelihood at risk by speaking contrary to the political groupthink. Have you ever tried it? FWIW, coworkers in my org pushed for a blacklist of words we’re not allowed to check into the codebase within the last year. I raised my counter opinion. I did so respectfully. Today, there’s no blacklist, and I still have my job. Btw my presidential vote was a write-in for Bernie Sanders as president with Yang as running mate. Laugh if you like. I’m vaccinated; I wear a mask wherever the property owner of whatever establishment I’m in requests it (e.g. signs posted on the door), and omit the mask where not. I think my governor’s recent mask mandate is a mistake because we could already navigate the problem organically with the above approach, and anyone who wasn’t previously respecting an establishment’s masking policy isn’t going to respect a top-down legislative one given there’s no intent of enforcement. People will disagree with my political opinions. And if they want, they’ll downvote me to communicate that. But I’m confident I won’t get banned from HN for stating these in the unusual event that it’s relevant to the discussion, much less that any future employer of importance is going to comb through here and decide against hiring me because I respectfully put forth an opposing political viewpoint.

ekianjo 5y ago
> Btw my presidential vote was a write-in for Bernie Sanders as president with Yang as running mate the comment before was probably not aimed at those who vote or support the left.
- wallacoloo 5y ago
  Eh, the anti-PC example is anti-progressive though. I didn't want to elaborate my comment with lengthier political views since HN usually isn't the place. But here's a right-leaning hot take to drive the point home: 18 months into this pandemic and I've never once had any input into the policy response. I thought the agreement was "I get the vaccine, I get to live my life as normal". Now that policy changes (mostly state-level) are flipping that, I regret getting the vaccine: I'm in a low-risk demographic and I just gave up my most powerful tool in influencing policy decision. I won't make that same mistake with the booster shots Biden discussed earlier today: I won't be getting those until my policy leaders actually serve me as a constituent. > it's well known in tech that you're putting your job/livelihood at risk by speaking contrary to the political groupthink. Still confident that GP is wrong about that and I won't lose my job or livelihood by posting this.

ekianjo 5y ago

> Btw my presidential vote was a write-in for Bernie Sanders as president with Yang as running mate the comment before was probably not aimed at those who vote or support the left.

wallacoloo 5y ago
Eh, the anti-PC example is anti-progressive though. I didn't want to elaborate my comment with lengthier political views since HN usually isn't the place. But here's a right-leaning hot take to drive the point home: 18 months into this pandemic and I've never once had any input into the policy response. I thought the agreement was "I get the vaccine, I get to live my life as normal". Now that policy changes (mostly state-level) are flipping that, I regret getting the vaccine: I'm in a low-risk demographic and I just gave up my most powerful tool in influencing policy decision. I won't make that same mistake with the booster shots Biden discussed earlier today: I won't be getting those until my policy leaders actually serve me as a constituent. > it's well known in tech that you're putting your job/livelihood at risk by speaking contrary to the political groupthink. Still confident that GP is wrong about that and I won't lose my job or livelihood by posting this.