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> Some officers may think the paperwork isn’t worth it or are doing it in protest but it’s not what people voted for. But it is. I spent all of 2020 listening

> Some officers may think the paperwork isn’t worth it or are doing it in protest but it’s not what people voted for. But it is. I spent all of 2020 listening to daily edicts on this subject from privileged HR winos in my SF company, while they endorsed riots, and publicly supported criminal trials where it turns out that nope, the criminal was actually the bad guy. Radical chic is temporarily fashionable. It helps make the laptop class feel "they're all in this together" while they're getting care packages of aromatic candles and weekly Calm sessions. But then it's in your backyard and its a problem. Getting rid of Chesa Boudin will not fix this problem, because SF policy is "we don't want this", but if you ask what they do want, it's the same stuff they've been pushing for decades.

mint2 5y ago
I find it highly dubious that any HR endorsed riots, I have never heard of an HR department or really anyone endorse violence. At most I have heard that people understood the frustration. Right to protest yes lots support it, riots and violence never by a major person or hr type. I also find when people post that someone endorsed violence, such as top democrats endorsed it, it’s actually they endorsed the right to protest and condemned violence. Edit: in the briefly posted and then deleted reply to my comment, it was shown to be 100% the case the comment was conflating “we support the right to protest but condemn any violence” with “we support violence” In fact the comment even said: ‘Every company in the Bay Area was "making a statement" on BLM events that were characterized exclusively by massive vandalism and violence.’ Why yes they were making statements, but not in support of violence, they were making statements condemning violence. I work for a Bay Area company, and our ceo like pretty much all companies said “we support people’s right to protest but are against any violence.”
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- koheripbal 5y ago
  > I find it highly dubious that any HR endorsed riots People who denied the fact that many BLM protests turned into riots, and then still used their company to platform their public supported them are... numerous in HR in silicon valley.
  - akomtu 5y ago
    I bet most of those didn't study history. Otherwise they would recognize a lot of similarities between BLM and the Red Guard in the Maoist revolution.
    - mint2 5y ago
      不好意色。那個看法沒有養。I don’t know if HN supports hanzi so those might be boxes. Anyway, unfortunately that opinion is wrong, having studied that time period I would definitely say a different political organization has far more similarities to the red guard. And the similarities I see go well beyond demanding unquestioned loyalty and being anti-science. I am not going to name any names, if any come to your mind that is purely on you.

mint2 5y ago

I find it highly dubious that any HR endorsed riots, I have never heard of an HR department or really anyone endorse violence. At most I have heard that people understood the frustration. Right to protest yes lots support it, riots and violence never by a major person or hr type. I also find when people post that someone endorsed violence, such as top democrats endorsed it, it’s actually they endorsed the right to protest and condemned violence. Edit: in the briefly posted and then deleted reply to my comment, it was shown to be 100% the case the comment was conflating “we support the right to protest but condemn any violence” with “we support violence” In fact the comment even said: ‘Every company in the Bay Area was "making a statement" on BLM events that were characterized exclusively by massive vandalism and violence.’ Why yes they were making statements, but not in support of violence, they were making statements condemning violence. I work for a Bay Area company, and our ceo like pretty much all companies said “we support people’s right to protest but are against any violence.”

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koheripbal 5y ago
> I find it highly dubious that any HR endorsed riots People who denied the fact that many BLM protests turned into riots, and then still used their company to platform their public supported them are... numerous in HR in silicon valley.
- akomtu 5y ago
  I bet most of those didn't study history. Otherwise they would recognize a lot of similarities between BLM and the Red Guard in the Maoist revolution.
  - mint2 5y ago
    不好意色。那個看法沒有養。I don’t know if HN supports hanzi so those might be boxes. Anyway, unfortunately that opinion is wrong, having studied that time period I would definitely say a different political organization has far more similarities to the red guard. And the similarities I see go well beyond demanding unquestioned loyalty and being anti-science. I am not going to name any names, if any come to your mind that is purely on you.