Tech elites leaving San Francisco threaten Silicon Valley's supremacy

Re:Tech elites leaving San Francisco threaten Silicon Valley... by bosswipe on Monday December 07, 2020 @07:23PM (#25339744)

If I said something bad about "red necks" or other such subcultures people would get angry and indignant. But somehow it's become OK to make disparaging comments like that about San Franciscans.

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Re:Tech elites leaving San Francisco threaten Silicon Valley... by 0x2d123 on Monday December 07, 2020 @07:41PM (#25339931)

Rednecks and San Franciscans aren't protected classes of people.

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Re:Tech elites leaving San Francisco threaten Silicon Valley... by bosswipe on Monday December 07, 2020 @09:51PM (#25341082)

Huh? I wasn't talking about legal stuff.

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Re:Tech elites leaving San Francisco threaten Silicon Valley... by 0x2d123 on Monday December 07, 2020 @10:28PM (#25341385)

It matters. People won't make fun of protected classes because they might be cancelled and possibly even land in jail some day if some people get their way with our laws. Anything not against the law or against the cultural norms is free game for making fun of.

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Re:Tech elites leaving San Francisco threaten Silicon Valley... by bart_spoon on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @12:19PM (#25348280)

As someone living in the Midwest, I assure you that we do get slandered far more often than San Franciscans and no one bats an eye.

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Re:Tech elites leaving San Francisco threaten Silicon Valley... by bosswipe on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @03:27PM (#25350870)

Huh, I don't think I've ever heard any bad midwestern stereotypes.

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