Silicon Valley is famously liberal. Then clashes started over race.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/10/09/coinbase-silicon-valley-libertarian/

by slg • 6 years ago

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hintymad2• 6 years ago

I wonder why. My team members used to have both conservatives, liberals, and libertarians. We used to discuss all kinds of politics in a really cordial manner. We liberals were really angry with G.W Bush because we believe the WMD totally destroyed republican's credibility, and showed how evil they were as they were willing to shed blood for some god-knows-what reason. The conservatives would defend Fox News by giving lots of factual information, and reminded us about the danger of pushing narratives regardless of truths. Libertarians would snort something like "Change! Change what? It does not even make grammatical sense". And we all talk about education, history, the projects, white flight, gentrification, and the list went on. No one was offended. No one would charge someone this ism that phobia.

What about now?

rangoon626• 6 years ago

Now we just call our coworkers white supremacists if they whisper something unpure under their breath that we don’t like while they’re on the crapper. The thinner my skin, the stronger their ethnic-narcissism.

Btw y’all were right about the WMD lie. Anyone in power who meme’d the public into that deserves to be mocked and humiliated for life.

hintymad2• 6 years ago

Hey, it’s usually white whatever pronouns who call other people white supremacists. Americans don’t know how to teach STEM in K-12, but definitely excel at teaching hatred and especially self hatred, plus obsession with sports in the most meaningless way

kwillets• 6 years ago

They should do what my employer does: give everybody 16 hours per day to discuss politics, religion, or any other topic.

Silicon Valley is famously liberal. Then clashes started over race.

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