New evidence that British workplaces are losing viewpoint diversity

Post by baobabKoodaa » Thu, Apr 29, 2021, 8:58 AM UTC

frereubu wrote: post #196

Neil44 wrote: post #126

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You’ve gone straight to the implication that everyone who doesn’t want to hear politics from the noisy few is racist, despite the article not mentioning specifics. This is exactly the kind of chilling effect it’s about. I.e. “You’re not shouting as loud as us, you must be one of THEM”

I think that's an unfair characterisation. I read it as the commenter using racism purely as an example where reduced diversity of opinion towards no racism is a good thing, not saying that all opponents of diversity are racist.

Post by BiteCode_dev » Thu, Apr 29, 2021, 9:01 AM UTC

yerwhat01010 wrote: post #210

BiteCode_dev wrote: post #195

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I upvoted you because I don't think you should be downvoted for expressing your opinion. But I also think we should wonder: how many white armed men were killed?

Did I express an opinion? I'm pretty sure I just quoted a statistic. But since you asked: American police kill white men (including unarmed white men) at the same rate at which they kill black men, once you control for crime rate and poverty. But police killings of white men don't become national news. Tony Timpa died in near-identical circumstances to George Floyd. Ask yourself why you haven't heard of him. Or Ryan…

Post by textgel » Thu, Apr 29, 2021, 9:02 AM UTC

youngtaff wrote: post #208

livinginfear wrote: post #80

I consider myself a very politically informed person. I'm not a politically active person however, largely for the reasons mentioned in the article. I considered myself a liberal by the standards of the time I grew up in. My views on some social issues, particularly 'free speech', are considered a conservative now. I am one of the people the article is concerning who will not publicly voice their political opinions i…

Looking at UK politics… It's funny how people who are conservative claim their right to free speech is being curtailed when at the same time they're busy curtailing the rights of people who aren't like them - immigrants, non-Cis, non-white people, climate change protesters etc. Oh and let's not forget that the conservatives in the UK branded the likely implications of Brexit as “project fear”

Post by dagothur » Thu, Apr 29, 2021, 9:03 AM UTC

Post by feverfew » Thu, Apr 29, 2021, 9:05 AM UTC

lazyasciiart wrote: post #128

mr_toad wrote: post #102

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> 'gay' had a completely different meaning to what it does these days. And as for the subject itself, being completely taboo it was never discussed > If one looks at the problem globally, speaking one's mind in public nowadays is fraught with dangers. No wonder that so few actually do so. You don’t see any irony?

No?