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A comment on When Nerds Collide (2014). Parent comment

Re:When Nerds Collide (2014) by anon1385 on Wednesday March 11, 2015 @12:47PM (#9185016)
The right to free speech doesn't mean the right to not face any social consequences for your speech.
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Re:When Nerds Collide (2014) by reitanqild on Wednesday March 11, 2015 @12:58PM (#9185076)
Funny that you should bring that up: Until recently it was the other way around - tell someone you aren't straight and risk losing the job.

Why is it suddenly be acceptable the other way around?

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Re:When Nerds Collide (2014) by seba_dos1 on Wednesday March 11, 2015 @01:42PM (#9185379)
Telling someone you're straight and supporting oppression of not straight people are two completely different things.
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Re:When Nerds Collide (2014) by philwelch on Thursday March 12, 2015 @12:32AM (#9189175)
It's interesting which way the double standard swings on this; for instance, the McCarthy-era Hollywood blacklist was exactly the same kind of "social consequence".
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