#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. 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.