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> when a random manager at Google with whom I had never spoken began harassing me about my beliefs. [...] I think he did it out of ignorance but it is an incre
by qwertox 4y ago
> when a random manager at Google with whom I had never spoken began harassing me about my beliefs. [...] I think he did it out of ignorance but it is an incredibly common type of harassment that religious people have to endure [...] if they are crazy enough to actually admit that they believe in the divine power of God.
followed by a
> I had simply posted a meme on an internal social media platform in support of Tanuja Gupta’s protest against caste discrimination at Google.
This reads like "I posted a meme and a random person who read it started harassing me because he didn't share my belief."
What did this harassment look like? Also, I really would like to see that meme. And the examples he/she sent privately to the manager and the responses to it.
Then there's this thing: In my first quoted paragraph is the line "if they are crazy enough to actually admit that they believe in the divine power of God."
together with
"If you start talking about your religious beliefs at a social event people treat you like you just farted in their face. They frequently will scrunch up their faces and might ask a question like “Do you REALLY believe all that stuff?"
I'd make sure to not talk about religion with this person anymore, and if that overly religious person would try to do so again, would I be seeing that as an harassment?