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Re:Silicon Valley Struggles to Add Conservatives to Its Ranks by Bladyblah on Friday December 01, 2017 @04:12PM (#15827538)
While you (and others) may believe conservatives are fundamentally 'bad' people and Silicon Valley (and the world) would simply be a better place without them, this is short-sighted (amongst other things). Conservatives and liberals obviously see the world differently. One ways that manifests itself is that conservatives are typically more detail oriented and liberals are typically more creative. As Dr. Jordan B Peterson phrases it: "Each of those different temperamental types needs the other type so economically speaking, for example, we need liberals to start businesses, and we need conservatives to run them." https://vid.me/3Dik

Seems like Silicon Valley would very much suffer in the long term from a lack of multiple viewpoints. Is this not what the call for diversity aims to achieve?

We should be careful not to dehumanize our political opponents. That way lies violence.

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Re:Silicon Valley Struggles to Add Conservatives to Its Ranks by k__ on Saturday December 02, 2017 @06:10AM (#15831406)
Yes, I see it that way.

The world was run long enough by conservative people.

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Re:Silicon Valley Struggles to Add Conservatives to Its Ranks by irhd on Friday December 01, 2017 @04:36PM (#15827761)
> Dr. Jordan B Peterson

Is a christian-conservative who pushes that agenda.

"With all the accusations of sex assault [...] we're soon going to remember why sex was traditionally enshrined in marriage"

"It's possible that sex is so dangerous that it has to be encapsulated within a socially-sanctioned construct"

He spreads the notion of cultural marxism, an idea which is anti-semitic in it's origin.

He wanted to start a site with a list of courses and professors and disciplines that should be avoided, for pushing "radical leftist agendas".

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2017/11/10/u-of-t-profs-pro...

He's a psychology professor, but frequently espouses junk philosophy. Just look at responses on /r/philosophy.

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