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#1 : tech workers are not under attack. Your suggestion that they are and a far drawn remark that it relates to the oppression faced by blacks/jews is an appeal

#1 : tech workers are not under attack. Your suggestion that they are and a far drawn remark that it relates to the oppression faced by blacks/jews is an appeal to extremes and is a logical fallacy. #2 : In the real world, people conduct violence against others all the time for varied reasons. Just because you have a well paying job doesn't make you immune. #3 : The left/right/center .. Has nothing to do w/ this matter. If you're an asshole, someone might > say nothing to you because they stand more to lose than gain > say something to you for which your response might escalate the matter > enact physical harm against you w/o words (some people just chose this as a normal response to jerks) If you somehow think the last option indicates hatred, you are out of touch with reality. You made zero points and your perspective is based on a sheltered view of the world that is reinforced by the homogeneous environment of the bay area in which people often chose : > say nothing to you because they stand more to lose than gain I've done my years in tech in the bay area. I gain nothing from dishing on you. You're out of touch with reality and my advice is to relax. You make good money, live a cushy life. No one is out to get you. So, get over yourself. Shit happens in the real world. Your job/degrees don't make you immune to it. So humble yourself and realize you share the world with non-techies... Some of which don't want your silly google glass pointed at them... Nor do they care for your reasoning.. People who face real struggles and adversity and equate yours to being a cry baby (I could easily post an article about areas of America where people are shot in the face for looking at someone wrong). But whatever, it's your life to live. Maintain the viewpoint you want. Who am I to tell you different? Good day

swatow 12y ago
#1 : tech workers are not under attack. Your suggestion that they are and a far drawn remark that it relates to the oppression faced by blacks/jews is an appeal to extremes and is a logical fallacy. Why is it an appeal to extremes? Not all racial prejudice or violence is extreme. My original point was that we should apply the same standards to claims about tech workers as we would about racial stereotypes, that is, to view them critically and demand evidence. #2 : In the real world, people conduct violence against others all the time for varied reasons. Just because you have a well paying job doesn't make you immune. This is a view of mine that you have invented. I never said tech workers should be immune from the real world, but rather that inciting violence is always wrong, and is wrong in this case. Would you tell middle class gays that they are not immune from the real world, and need to deal with violence from people who don't like them? #3 : The left/right/center .. Has nothing to do w/ this matter. If you're an asshole, someone might... You can't just rationalize violence so easily. I'm not saying it doesn't exist, or that tech workers deserve special protections not afforded to others. But just because worse things happen to other people, doesn't make violence against tech workers ok. People who face real struggles and adversity probably find White middle class feminists to be cry baby's too, but that doesn't mean these feminists have nothing to complain about. I don't need any lesson in how to live my life, I live a life consistent with my views which are different to yours. You see value in the grittiness of people's lives outside the White middle class. I also see this value, but I don't think it's necessary for a person to be exposed to this in order to live a fulfilling life.

swatow 12y ago

#1 : tech workers are not under attack. Your suggestion that they are and a far drawn remark that it relates to the oppression faced by blacks/jews is an appeal to extremes and is a logical fallacy. Why is it an appeal to extremes? Not all racial prejudice or violence is extreme. My original point was that we should apply the same standards to claims about tech workers as we would about racial stereotypes, that is, to view them critically and demand evidence. #2 : In the real world, people conduct violence against others all the time for varied reasons. Just because you have a well paying job doesn't make you immune. This is a view of mine that you have invented. I never said tech workers should be immune from the real world, but rather that inciting violence is always wrong, and is wrong in this case. Would you tell middle class gays that they are not immune from the real world, and need to deal with violence from people who don't like them? #3 : The left/right/center .. Has nothing to do w/ this matter. If you're an asshole, someone might... You can't just rationalize violence so easily. I'm not saying it doesn't exist, or that tech workers deserve special protections not afforded to others. But just because worse things happen to other people, doesn't make violence against tech workers ok. People who face real struggles and adversity probably find White middle class feminists to be cry baby's too, but that doesn't mean these feminists have nothing to complain about. I don't need any lesson in how to live my life, I live a life consistent with my views which are different to yours. You see value in the grittiness of people's lives outside the White middle class. I also see this value, but I don't think it's necessary for a person to be exposed to this in order to live a fulfilling life.