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That was not ideological battle. That was responding to someone that their concern over civility was misplaced.

That is a mountain sized "if".

"politics is something that can and should be kept separate from many aspects of life." The Trump administration had plans leaked this weekend that stated their intent to change th…

If someone has stated what they wish to be called by, and rather than respecting their wishes, you choose to go down a tangent on how what you said is not a problem, then that is c…

Eich's "speech" (his donation to the Prop 8 campaign that would ban gay marriage in California) was telling all of his LGBT employees that he did not believe that they were entitle…

The covenant of civility was already broken by those who hold those religious beliefs. They have attempted, repeatedly, to remove a woman's right to control her own body, and to us…

Offhand, I can think of maybe a handful of instances where trouble was made by applying the CoC to someone's behavior, either rightly or wrongly. To me, it's seemed that the "troub…

They quoted the parent, and referred to what they said as being an "insipid attitude". To me, that's close enough as makes no difference.

"The problem is that it is often turned into a politics." Everything is politics. Politics is part of everyone's life, and affects everyone's life. Some more than others, and some …

"You dismiss the idea of discrimination of whites and men upfront." I'm saying I'm not seeing evidence of any. "This is what I call bias in perception of discrimination." You're ex…

That is flat out not true. Someone constantly attacking your character to others is going to have an effect. Those other people may be influenced by what that person says, and that…

"What if the code was indeed garbage, and it cost a lot of time (super precious asset) and brain power (a precious asset) to evaluate and reject?" Then do so. If you cannot articul…

Usually that's because when claims about discrimination against whites and men are made, there's no evidence that they are actively being discriminated against. Rather, the case is…

Because they had already stated what they wished to be called. Once someone does that, conversation on the topic should be done; there is nothing more to be said. Choosing to ignor…

"Being politically correct vs getting the job done, I'll always choose getting the job done." False choice; there is absolutely no reason whatsoever that one would ever need to cho…

On the contrary, I think more often than not, people here need reminders like this. Nothing they said was wrong.

"In fact, some people are invigorated by strong words as opposed to being cowed and driven away by them." Maybe. But I'm going to guess that those that are "invigorated" by seeing …

"Rather, the problem is that if we make demographic D feel unwelcome, we lose out on possible contributors. And very likely also others that are not in demographic D." I think that…

No, you first. You claimed it wasn't a big deal. Explain why it's not a big deal that these large complained were flat out settling the identities of people to make it appear like …

However, given enough negative feedback, an agency may decide to decline to make a rule, or in this case repeal a rule.

Lets turn this around: Why do you feel its not a problem that a company impersonated people in order to stuff the comment box?

When that opinion is that certain people are not deserving of basic human rights, I would hope that it would be considered scandalous.

Problem with that advice is you have to believe they won't do anything, and know that these things are garbage when you decide to start looking for another job. If you don't know t…

At the same time, someone who signs it might not know any of that. In that case, the contract does become "valid", because no one is going to challenge the validity of it. You and …

Probably for good reason: Unless you had capital, capitalism in the Gilded Age was awful to you.