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Re:Gitlab: don't discuss politics at work by sgustard on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @04:44PM (#21275376)
I work at an oil company in Houston and if I expressed a shred of progressive thought I would be run out of town. Maybe this place is more your speed?
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Re:Gitlab: don't discuss politics at work by TeMPOraL on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @05:05PM (#21275685)
The context here is obviously tech companies and media, which appear to be entirely in control of extremists. Keeping of course in mind that it's most likely a small but very vocal minority that dictates the general perception.
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Re:Gitlab: don't discuss politics at work by Analemma_ on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @05:12PM (#21275769)
> The context here is obviously tech companies and media

That's not obvious to me at all. The parent said "Where we seem to find ourselves today..." which pretty clearly implies a universalist statement, and one that happens to be dead wrong.

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Re:Gitlab: don't discuss politics at work by weberc2 on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @05:18PM (#21275854)
The opposite of progressive intolerance is not intolerance toward progressives. One can (and should) object to both.
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Re:Gitlab: don't discuss politics at work by core-questions on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @07:46PM (#21277391)
Probably, but what if we both got something that improved our quality of life? I don't want to hear preaching any more than you do. Wouldn't we all get along with our coworkers better if there was less of this in general?
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