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Re:Amazon HQ2: Advanced talks about second headquarters in N... by amazingman on Saturday November 03, 2018 @11:51PM (#18374097)
The average (Bay Area?) tech worker likely sees the thinly veiled threat when the very first question their new neighbors ask is “have you found a church yet”?
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Re:Amazon HQ2: Advanced talks about second headquarters in N... by JPKab on Sunday November 04, 2018 @12:03AM (#18374126)
This is a bigoted generalization of an entire region.
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Re:Amazon HQ2: Advanced talks about second headquarters in N... by amazingman on Sunday November 04, 2018 @02:31PM (#18377631)
It’s a generalization, sure. It’s also generally true. As far as bigotry goes, I think you knew it was silly to make that claim as you wrote it. I’ll go ahead and dismiss it out of hand, because the example I gave is real and extremely prevalent.
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