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This is very interesting to me. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/28/technology/inside-facebook-employees-political-bias.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage
Ever since the flap at Google over the Dupree episode, I've wondered if ideological monocultures are sustainable. Considering how evil Google is as a company when it concerns privacy, and all that.
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So here's the thing... there are a LOT of leftists who equivocate any person who doesn't share their entire menu of political views as an enemy--as someone out to "get them", and then victimization is raised.
I've seen independent voters get attacked, libertarians, anarchists, pragmatists, and most importantly of all---centrists.
Centrists still make up a large part of the voting population. It's suicide to do this, and self-defeating.
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Similarly, the far-right does exactly the same thing. You've all heard the term "cuck" before, right?
They're criticizing conservatives who have a hard-liner persona but their voting record shows that they compromise. And in the far-right world, *any* compromise on any subject about anything is a mortal sin.
Which is exactly how leftists behave.
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And, sorry---but this is true---wrapping up identity into politics is a purely leftist trait. It surprises no one to see a rando Indep person who's semi-socialist get cremated because they're not in the same church.
I don't understand how you can be this exclusionary and expect to win a broader electorate; which forces you to drift away from your political leanings.
So the next best thing is to be exclusionary at your own place of employment.
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@trayofbees Could you explain what you mean by "wrapping up identity into politics is a purely leftist trait"? How is something like the 700 club not a right-wing identity?
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@drewfer The stuff I'm mainly highlighting is the attempt to squash non-leftist employees inside places of employment.
Not only does that foster resentment and a fear culture, it scores you zero political points. You can try to bounce these people out of a job but you can't ban them from voting.
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@trayofbees @drewfer that said... there are occasions when people will cry out about not being able to share their valid political views, which turn out to be a front for a shitstorm of awfulness that simply pisses on other people. That’s not ok and it can’t be subject to debate. Some ideas are not fit to be debated.
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@drewfer @trayofbees I’m referring to ideas that deny the humanity of others. These ideas, for me, are not up for debate.
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@realmattseymour @trayofbees I wouldn't say that there are ideas that aren't fit to be debated, more that there are proponents of the ideas who don't debate in good faith.