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Re:What diversity and inclusion means at Microsoft by torstenvl on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @06:03PM (#33169834)
> Everyone knows that's a goddamn lie. I almost want to cry when I read that

"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. His heart sank as he thought of the enormous power arrayed against him."

Racism is anti-racist. Objective thinking is biased. Burning down cities is mostly peaceful protest.

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Re:What diversity and inclusion means at Microsoft by hintymad on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @06:20PM (#33170003)
If your allegiance is not absolute, then you absolutely do not have allegiance. So, don't question. Do.
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Re:What diversity and inclusion means at Microsoft by drewbug01 on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @06:23PM (#33170030)
> Burning down cities is mostly peaceful protest.

What cities burned to the ground?

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Re:What diversity and inclusion means at Microsoft by arpstick on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @06:50PM (#33170285)
minneapolis got hit pretty hard.
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Re:What diversity and inclusion means at Microsoft by systemvoltage on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @07:00PM (#33170368)
> In 2017 Portland ranked third. Now it has dropped to 66th out of 80.

https://www.economist.com/united-states/2021/06/12/portland-...

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Re:What diversity and inclusion means at Microsoft by pedrosorio on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @08:38PM (#33171191)
The link has a paywall. Portland ranked third in what?
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Re:What diversity and inclusion means at Microsoft by ProjectArcturis on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @08:44PM (#33171247)
Third in "desirability for property developers", as if that were some kind of important metric for a city.
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Re:What diversity and inclusion means at Microsoft by Der_Einzige on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @09:34PM (#33171664)
It is. Portland went from shockingly massively increasing home prices to declining home prices in no small part due to this.
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Re:What diversity and inclusion means at Microsoft by ProjectArcturis on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @10:13PM (#33171930)
Isn't it generally better to have affordable housing than shockingly massively increasing home prices?
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Re:What diversity and inclusion means at Microsoft by tbihl on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @10:54PM (#33172207)
Clearly not, in the context of this discussion. No city is better off by eviscerated its tax base.
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Re:What diversity and inclusion means at Microsoft by allisdust on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @01:41AM (#33173308)
Only if anyone want to live there. Why would anyone want to purchase a house or live in a place how ever affordable it is, where a mob might burn their house down.
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Re:What diversity and inclusion means at Microsoft by brailsafe on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @08:28AM (#33175943)
The way I read this is that the more desirable a city is to property devs, the lower the cost of housing, which seems true. Affordable housing = Less scarcity, less scarcity comes from building more
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Re:What diversity and inclusion means at Microsoft by joemazerino on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @08:20PM (#33171056)
Over 1B dollars in damage.

https://www.axios.com/2020/09/16/riots-cost-property-damage

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Re:What diversity and inclusion means at Microsoft by drewbug01 on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @11:52PM (#33172613)
The article states that it’s spread over 20 states, which I think is an important caveat to note. Not that it isn’t still a large sum of money, but that it’s a far smaller sum in any given location.

Especially important to note because my original comment was in reply to someone claiming that cities had burned to the ground.

It’s an overstated claim that functions as a dog whistle.

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Re:What diversity and inclusion means at Microsoft by joemazerino on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @02:28PM (#33181020)
Minnesota burned to the ground which is easy to find with any non-bias searching.
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Re:What diversity and inclusion means at Microsoft by drewbug01 on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @11:06PM (#33186686)
…the entire state? Come on.
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Re:What diversity and inclusion means at Microsoft by psd1 on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @02:38AM (#33173637)
> burning down cities is mostly peaceful protest

This was a conversation about quota-hiring. You wanted to link it to violence.

Take a long hard look at yourself.

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Re:What diversity and inclusion means at Microsoft by throwoutway on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @09:37AM (#33176772)
I think the poster is referencing current events as paradoxical or hypocritical, not supporting them.
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Re:What diversity and inclusion means at Microsoft by throwawayallday on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @12:14PM (#33179149)
> burning down cities is mostly peaceful protest

This was a conversation about far leftism. You wanted to link it to non-violence.

Take a long hard look at yourself.

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