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Aug 11 2020 09:51pm
is it just me or has the culture of sjw nuttery expanded beyond academia to workplaces as a whole to the point where expressing insufficiently left wing views on a topic is going to have people coming after you? they really went after someone for saying "people of colour". i miss the days when i could discuss politics with colleagues. nowadays you probably can't even express opposition to looting without being called out for being racist at work. how has everyone's experience with politics at work been as of late?

guy fired for publicly calling out a coworker for responding to him privately about a request to add black lives matter logo to his project
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/13/tech/facebook-employee-fired-inaction-black-lives-matter-tweet/index.html

guy fired for liking a conservative tweet
https://www.citynews1130.com/2020/06/07/ubc-assistant-coach-fired-liking-tweet/

guy fired for saying all lives matter
https://www.citynews1130.com/2020/06/07/ubc-assistant-coach-fired-liking-tweet/

guy gets backlash for saying "people of colour" instead of black people
https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/ellen-degeneres-faces-criticism-for-tweeting-about-people-of-colour-fans-remind-her-its-a-movement-for-the-blacks-303363

guy resigns after backlash over article about how burning downs building doesn't help
https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/philadelphia-inquirers-top-editor-resigns-after-buildings-matter-too-headline

nyt gets backlash for publishing an opinion piece from a republican senator
https://variety.com/2020/biz/news/new-york-times-tom-cotton-essay-op-ed-backlash-1234624988/
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Aug 11 2020 10:54pm
I enjoy this trend. Private businesses can do whatever the fuck they want, right conservatives?
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Aug 11 2020 11:00pm
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I enjoy this trend. Private businesses can do whatever the fuck they want, right conservatives?


there's a lot of this kind of bs going on.. Like the president acting like a dictator trying to order the hand out of money.
setting prices for prescription drugs.. is pretty socialist.
trumpers for all of it.
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Aug 11 2020 11:13pm
This is the free market that the right has wanted all along. I find it absolutely fucking hilarious that they fought for so long for the right to fire employees over anything and now get butt-hurt that employees are fired for disagreeing with their bosses.

I've never had an issue with politics at work. I've been able to discuss them pretty openly with everybody. The guys who "get fired for saying people of color" are usually also the ones who won't stop telling racist jokes after they've been told 5 times that it makes everybody uncomfortable and it's way over the line. I used to talk politics with my thesis advisor pretty regularly, he has voted Republican his entire life until 2016 when he was "accidentally" stripped from the voter roles.... (we're super Republican state and he is a college professor. It's pretty obvious he was targeted even though he was planning on voting R for everything except the presidency). My current lab manager watches Blaze TV while he's working, and I asked him what the appeal is and we talked about it for a while. The real issue with politics at work is most people can't talk about it honestly and respectfully.
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Aug 11 2020 11:17pm
Never had an issue talking about politics at work because I have never worked for shitty people.
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Aug 12 2020 06:07am
These guys need to talk to their Union.

As conservatives they believe they can be fired for any reason at the employer's mercy and they should just pick themselves back up by their bootstraps.

Saying police brutality against blacks is a leftist lie is something you shouldn't say in most work places.

This post was edited by Skinned on Aug 12 2020 06:10am
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Aug 12 2020 06:38am
ITT : Leftists can't be bothered to read the first link.

Facebook man should be fired. Publicly "outting" your coworker who is trying to deescalate a difference of opinion is completely unprofessional and raises red flags on your emotional maturity and decision making.

I haven't felt much of an impact, to be honest. Talking politics is fine, and the expectation is that you're going to be polite.

As far as criticism of recent trends, the mainstream is only opposed to witch hunts and ideological purity tests that damage a lively and open public debate. It's the traditional liberal position.
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Aug 12 2020 06:43am
i work with loud trump supporters and quiet liberals. all claimed covid was a hoax, but also that it was china's fault, and that it wouldnt be as bad as h1n1 under obama.

2 guys here are maga hat wearing loudmouths, that also take care of their elderly parents. one guys mom died, the other their dad got covid and barely recovered. one claimed it was just a normal flu that killed his mom, the other that nothing could have been done to stop his dad from getting it.

seeing things like this cements in me its a faux-religious cult on the fringes of support. people would literally take a bullet for this fake christian, ex democrat, billionaire draft dodger. its like watching someone worship Scott Baio, who ironically worships trump.
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Aug 12 2020 07:08am
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i work with loud trump supporters and quiet liberals. all claimed covid was a hoax, but also that it was china's fault, and that it wouldnt be as bad as h1n1 under obama.

2 guys here are maga hat wearing loudmouths, that also take care of their elderly parents. one guys mom died, the other their dad got covid and barely recovered. one claimed it was just a normal flu that killed his mom, the other that nothing could have been done to stop his dad from getting it.

seeing things like this cements in me its a faux-religious cult on the fringes of support. people would literally take a bullet for this fake christian, ex democrat, billionaire draft dodger. its like watching someone worship Scott Baio, who ironically worships trump.


Ditto. Idc what people say or believe.

I keep my crazy thoughts to myself mostly.

This post was edited by Skinned on Aug 12 2020 07:08am
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Ditto. Idc what people say or believe.

I keep my crazy thoughts to myself mostly.


Yup, i learned early on water cooler gossip is just friendly fire. told someone something and she blabbed it far and wide. didnt even confront her, lesson learned.
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