Re:Google Doesn’t Want Staff Debating Politics at Work Anymore
by nailer on Friday August 23, 2019 @12:57PM
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> I tried to pick an example that is both held by people in the world today, thus it couldn't be easily dismissed as unrealistic
It is very easy to dismiss a "death to homosexuals" discussion among Google employees as unrealistic.
> so as to not sidetrack the point.
Hrm, I understand that logic, but it seems like an attempt to frame disagreement with the current popular political view in the most extreme way.
Maybe that's not what you intended, but since that is a commonly employed technique ("everyone who doesn't disagree with me is a nazi") it does seem that way.
It is very easy to dismiss a "death to homosexuals" discussion among Google employees as unrealistic.
> so as to not sidetrack the point.
Hrm, I understand that logic, but it seems like an attempt to frame disagreement with the current popular political view in the most extreme way.
Maybe that's not what you intended, but since that is a commonly employed technique ("everyone who doesn't disagree with me is a nazi") it does seem that way.