Netflix braces for staff walkout and LGBTQ rally over Chappelle special

Re:Netflix braces for staff walkout and LGBTQ rally over Cha... by toyg on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @09:51AM (#28930674)

The last 50 years of politics across US and Europe have proven over and over again that you ignore "silent majorities" at your peril. They have an annoying habit of making mincemeat of arguments for radical change when you least expect it. I'm sure there are parallel realities where 60s/70s counterculture stops Reagan and Thatcher from winning (twice), but this isn't one of them.

Lay out your case for change, by all means; but you should always assume that you start from a position of minority until proven otherwise.

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Re:Netflix braces for staff walkout and LGBTQ rally over Cha... by toyg on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @10:03AM (#28930791)

You are equating "silent majority" and "hardcore right wing". That's not how it works in practice - this is something that both right and left can and do get wrong.

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Re:Netflix braces for staff walkout and LGBTQ rally over Cha... by supernovae on Thursday October 21, 2021 @12:00PM (#28946449)

You're assuming left vs right, The only side that feels there is some universality here is the right. The left is HIGHLY fragmented - always has been, always will be. That gives people on the right this messed up "silent majority" notion that just isn't true.

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Re:Netflix braces for staff walkout and LGBTQ rally over Cha... by N0tAThr0wAway on Friday October 22, 2021 @01:14AM (#28953947)

The right has definitely fragmented in the past five years (older conservatives, Trumpers, the alt-right, etc.). You're again getting this wrong and can only think in a "left vs. right" framework (typical of leftists and alt-righters).

The "silent majority" exists in this case especially around wedge issues like trans sports inclusion [0].

[0] https://19thnews.org/2021/05/gallup-americans-oppose-transge...

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