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Is the situation in the US that insane or is he fighting strawmen strapped to windmills?

emerged 5y ago
It’s pretty insane. Notice any comment which is against witch hunt culture is being downvoted. The tech industry is fairly heavily ideologically captured because of where startup culture is largely based (SF). Edit: and now it’s flagged.
kylemh 5y ago
Just read the comments in here. This is a whole lot of words to say: "I wish I could say things without facing consequences." As somebody else said in this thread, it's really rich to see Paul write about "implicitly ending the discussion" when he instablocks anybody on Twitter so easily.
- ekianjo 5y ago
  > it's really rich to see Paul write about "implicitly ending the discussion" Misquote. He said "implicitly ending the discussion by calling someone a x-ist", which is not the same at blocking someone who is annoying - blocking someone is just shutting your door, not making them lose their livelihood by defaming them.
  - malnourish 5y ago
    Simply calling someone x-ist does not cause them to lose their livelihood by defaming them. If you know of any instance where someone has lost their livelihood due _only_ to being called an x-ist, please share.
- Aeolun 5y ago
  > instablocks anybody on Twitter This is hardly implicit.
guelo 5y ago
strawmen
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uxp100 5y ago
The Us is a little culturally weird right now (and always), and it depends on your industry a little but he’s mostly fighting strawmen strapped to windmills. I mean, what would PG know about this whole topic? Also, you want to write software without “being canceled?” Well, dust off your oscilloscope skills, in the unglamorous embedded world I hear toned down right wing rants about Putin being canceled and Covid testing as a mass surveillance program and all that happens is sometimes someone’s like, alright, let’s move the meeting along.
3qz 5y ago
> Is the situation in the US that insane Does PG live in the Bay Area? That’s probably why. Most mainstream American opinions would get a person fired there.
- odonnellryan 5y ago
  Name one?
  - 0xy 5y ago
    I witnessed someone get fired for wearing a MAGA hat in a Twitter picture at an unnamed tech company. Yes, that was the only reason. He was a good performer. Holding a view that tens of millions of Americans have and you get fired. It's not even particularly controversial.
    - odonnellryan 5y ago
      I don't think this happened to very many people.
      - 0xy 5y ago
        That's called moving the goalposts. Mainstream political opinions absolutely will get you fired at large tech companies.
        odonnellryan 5y ago
        No it isn't, because these are all anecdotes, and I never made a claim anyway, I asked you to name one.
odonnellryan 5y ago
No. It isn't insane at all.

It’s pretty insane. Notice any comment which is against witch hunt culture is being downvoted. The tech industry is fairly heavily ideologically captured because of where startup culture is largely based (SF). Edit: and now it’s flagged.

kylemh 5y ago

Just read the comments in here. This is a whole lot of words to say: "I wish I could say things without facing consequences." As somebody else said in this thread, it's really rich to see Paul write about "implicitly ending the discussion" when he instablocks anybody on Twitter so easily.

ekianjo 5y ago
> it's really rich to see Paul write about "implicitly ending the discussion" Misquote. He said "implicitly ending the discussion by calling someone a x-ist", which is not the same at blocking someone who is annoying - blocking someone is just shutting your door, not making them lose their livelihood by defaming them.
- malnourish 5y ago
  Simply calling someone x-ist does not cause them to lose their livelihood by defaming them. If you know of any instance where someone has lost their livelihood due _only_ to being called an x-ist, please share.
Aeolun 5y ago
> instablocks anybody on Twitter This is hardly implicit.

guelo 5y ago

strawmen

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uxp100 5y ago

The Us is a little culturally weird right now (and always), and it depends on your industry a little but he’s mostly fighting strawmen strapped to windmills. I mean, what would PG know about this whole topic? Also, you want to write software without “being canceled?” Well, dust off your oscilloscope skills, in the unglamorous embedded world I hear toned down right wing rants about Putin being canceled and Covid testing as a mass surveillance program and all that happens is sometimes someone’s like, alright, let’s move the meeting along.

3qz 5y ago

> Is the situation in the US that insane Does PG live in the Bay Area? That’s probably why. Most mainstream American opinions would get a person fired there.

odonnellryan 5y ago
Name one?
- 0xy 5y ago
  I witnessed someone get fired for wearing a MAGA hat in a Twitter picture at an unnamed tech company. Yes, that was the only reason. He was a good performer. Holding a view that tens of millions of Americans have and you get fired. It's not even particularly controversial.
  - odonnellryan 5y ago
    I don't think this happened to very many people.
    - 0xy 5y ago
      That's called moving the goalposts. Mainstream political opinions absolutely will get you fired at large tech companies.
      - odonnellryan 5y ago
        No it isn't, because these are all anecdotes, and I never made a claim anyway, I asked you to name one.

odonnellryan 5y ago

No. It isn't insane at all.