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Re:Some Facebook Employees Unite to Challenge Its ‘Intoleran... by happytoexplain on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @09:35PM (#17864598)
I can see a possibility where manfredo's perspective is genuinely naive of context surrounding of his first three bullet points, and may not be acting in bad faith - and I can see a possibility where brainkim's real feelings aren't as hard-line as the shortened, perhaps understandably heated version.

To call these comments "inquisition level", and potentially ignorant of the catastrophic history of suppressing dissenting opinions, is a pretty wild attack based on what they said. Your hyperbole seems far more damaging and dismissive than their comments.

Re:Some Facebook Employees Unite to Challenge Its ‘Intoleran... by jasone on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @10:33PM (#17864992)
Regarding support of Trump, Facebook indeed had an overt internal tone of enmity toward Trump, to the point that admitting to having voted for Trump would have been a frightening prospect in most circles. (I can't speak to the specifics of Palmer Luckey's foibles, only to the general tone regarding Trump.)

Regarding "All Lives Matter", there was indeed inquisition-level blowback. I vacillated between abhorrence, anguish, and rage as I watched the drama unfold.

For context: I was a Facebook employee at the time, and although I tend toward liberal ideals (despite a very conservative upbringing), I was appalled at the level of intolerance toward conservative views. Though I could not in good conscience vote for Trump (nor even throw away my vote on a third-party candidate), I continue to respect other humans who voted for Trump. That felt like a dangerous view to espouse as a Facebook employee, and I saw other employees behave with unease regarding their personal political views. Intolerance is dangerous all around, and in my opinion Facebook's internal politics have fallen (mostly unwittingly) into the trap of "not tolerating intolerance", using a liberal (pun intended) -- IMO overly broad -- definition of intolerance.

Re:Some Facebook Employees Unite to Challenge Its ‘Intoleran... by reitanqild on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @10:40AM (#17868528)
Yes, even here on HN, in the fall of 2016 you'd recive massive downvotes for not hating enough on conservatives.

I ended up stating on most of my posts that I didn't like Trump and didn't want him to win but

- just tried to come up with an explanation for why so many others voted for him

- or tried to point out that the rules that allowed him to win had allowed democrats to win before

- etc

I still received loads of downvotes (I'd see my points rising and then falling sharply, seemingly when some part of the word woke up.)

All in all I came out positive wrt useless points but I still wondered about it.

And BTW: I still really don't like that man.

Re:Some Facebook Employees Unite to Challenge Its ‘Intoleran... by manfredo on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @10:56PM (#17865147)
Naive how? Other than the 3rd, which I consider overly broad to pass judgement and the 4th which I lack the appropriate context, I do consider these points morally bad. That doesn't give me license - or anyone else - to fire someone over these views. Sure it may be legal, but I'd be aghast if it is has become socially acceptable to do so. Seriously, how is explicitly firing people over their choice of candidate a remotely defensible position?