Like Peter Thiel, Tech Workers Feel Alienated by Silicon Valley ‘Echo Chamber’

Re:Like Peter Thiel, Tech Workers Feel Alienated by Silicon ... by abusoufiyan on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @01:32AM (#16418261)

>I simply happen to have certain stances and ideas that are in opposition to the mainstream thought of SV. As much as I'd love to discuss them, potentially learning more about them myself and (gasp!) even changing my mind in the process, I'm not comfortable doing it. There's a high chance I will be immediately labeled as "racist / sexist / bigot / white supremacist / [fill in the blank]" for even contemplating disagreement on these topics (let's take "diversity" or how we're handling it as a society as an example) without any supporting evidence.

Look man, welcome to being an underrepresented minority / woman in the US. This is our every day everywhere we go. We always have to watch our tongues make sure what we're saying doesn't get us labelled as "uppity" or "thuggish" or "bossy" etc etc etc.

You're coming to terms with the fact that in any society you have to consider how other people will react to what you do. Congrats.

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Re:Like Peter Thiel, Tech Workers Feel Alienated by Silicon ... by BadassFractal on Monday February 26, 2018 @03:26PM (#16468669)

Odd comparison. Nobody gets fired for being a woman or a minority. In fact, HR is terrified of doing it because of how bad that looks in the 2018 PC world. They have to think very hard and document performance of Fs or URMs very thoroughly to avoid problems when they get managed out for underperforming.

You can, however, get Damored though for expressing the wrongthink opinion.

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