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> The lawsuit further mentions that two employees in Bitwarden’s human resources department complained of feeling harassed by Scharf’s religious statements. I

> The lawsuit further mentions that two employees in Bitwarden’s human resources department complained of feeling harassed by Scharf’s religious statements. I am an atheist but my best friend from college is a devout catholic and he tells me similar things about having to keep his religion under wraps at work because he'll get coworkers going on a vendetta against him otherwise. I believe him. Others have confided all manner of discriminatory and hateful remarks aimed at the religious to me, knowing that I am an atheist and therefore believing that I sympathize with their anti-theist bigotry (I do not; being an atheist is not synonymous with being an anti-theist.) This industry has a real problem with tolerance. It's all sunshine and roses if you fit the mold, but if you dare to be a little different all the knives come out.

version_five 3y ago
It's less about fitting the mold than letting hyperpartisans walk all over you with their ideology. I think it's particularly bad in tech because lots of people want to keep their head down and not bother with politics so they just go with the flow, and next thing you know we've got nonsense like this where religious nuts are firing people because they don't conform. Try this on a construction site and see what happens.
AdrianB1 3y ago
No, there is no problem with tolerance. I grew up in 2 cultures with 3 different religions and I am extremely supportive with people having whatever religion they want, but not tolerant at all with either them trying to convert me or trying to assert something just because one of their books said so. If you have a discussion and the only argument they have is "it is written in <insert religious book here>, so this is the way" then dismissing their argument is not intolerance to their religion, but to their lack of rational thinking. Religions are not collections of scientific facts to be used as arguments.
- George83728 3y ago
  My friend doesn't proselytize. He knew I was an atheist the first day we met and not once has he ever proselytized to me. He conceals the very fact that he is a catholic at work because he has reason to believe (well founded reason, I think) that he would face discrimination should that simple fact become known around his office.

version_five 3y ago

It's less about fitting the mold than letting hyperpartisans walk all over you with their ideology. I think it's particularly bad in tech because lots of people want to keep their head down and not bother with politics so they just go with the flow, and next thing you know we've got nonsense like this where religious nuts are firing people because they don't conform. Try this on a construction site and see what happens.

AdrianB1 3y ago

No, there is no problem with tolerance. I grew up in 2 cultures with 3 different religions and I am extremely supportive with people having whatever religion they want, but not tolerant at all with either them trying to convert me or trying to assert something just because one of their books said so. If you have a discussion and the only argument they have is "it is written in <insert religious book here>, so this is the way" then dismissing their argument is not intolerance to their religion, but to their lack of rational thinking. Religions are not collections of scientific facts to be used as arguments.

George83728 3y ago
My friend doesn't proselytize. He knew I was an atheist the first day we met and not once has he ever proselytized to me. He conceals the very fact that he is a catholic at work because he has reason to believe (well founded reason, I think) that he would face discrimination should that simple fact become known around his office.