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1k Netflix employees threaten work stoppage over Dave Chappelle

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Post by over_the_raibow »

dang wrote: post #173
elgernon wrote: post #162

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I would never hire someone with public activism record. In fact I'd rather hire someone with prior criminal record, as they actually have a chance to recover.

Would you please stop creating accounts that use HN primarily for ideological battle? It's not what this site is for, and it destroys what it is for. As you know, we ban such accounts regardless of what they're for or against. I've banned this one. If you want to use HN as intended—for intellectual curiosity—then you're welcome, but ideological agendas are the opposite of that, irrespective of which ideology. https:/…

>If you want to use HN as intended—for intellectual curiosity—then you're welcome, but ideological agendas are the opposite of that, irrespective of which ideology.

You may not be interested in any ideology, but Ideology is surely interested in what you believe. That world where internet was for intellectual curiosity and not ideology battle at every step, is long gone and never coming back.

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Post by matheusmoreira »

birthday wrote: post #176
empthought wrote: post #121

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Just because you disagree with someone — even about something as fundamental as the nature of their personal identity —doesn’t mean you’re bigoted or “phobic.” My mom believes she has an immortal soul that is redeemed by Jesus Christ whose body and blood are present in the Eucharist. I disagree. Does this make me a soulphobe who hates Catholics?

It doesn't, but the social virus that is wokeism labels you as phobic and will make you PAY for being one. Wokeness is a nasty social virus that has infected the USA, and it slowly but surely is causing the USA to implode.

Yeah, it sucks. Throughout the years I've witnessed many examples of the damage these people cause. It doesn't matter who the target is, only that it's socially acceptable to ruin their life. People have disagreements here on HN but I've literally never seen an instance where someone called up someone actually else's employer to demand that the person be fired because of online comments.

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Post by bko »

bawolff wrote: post #116
bko wrote: post #111

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I don't blame them. I would definitely consider activism when picking someone for my team. At the end of the day I like working in mission focused organizations. I love working with a diverse group of people, but it's critical that a mission unites us

Do you really believe your mission unites your employees? Maybe if you're curing cancer or something, but for most tech workers working on some generic CRUD app, they pay lip service to being motivated by the "mission", but settle for something mildly interesting that hopefully isn't actively doing evil in the world. Your employees trade time and skill for money. Hearts and souls is a much less common trade.

It doesn't matter what the mission is so much as there is one. If the mission is build a beautiful website or a well designed flexible backend, then that's fine. In that case we come in every day and drive towards that.

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Post by xdennis »

krainboltgreene wrote: post #191
arthurcolle wrote: post #142

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Look at the booming US steel industry we have today! /s

I know this is probably an off-hand comment from someone who doesn't know US unionization history very well, but it's hilarious still. That we even still have any steel production is because of unionization. That corporations were allowed to outsource is because of anti-unionization efforts.

The reason the US still has a steel industry is because it's essential for any future major war.

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Post by xdennis »

Igelau wrote: post #78
silisili wrote: post #48

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LOL, I just had the same thought. I'm not college aged anymore, or a 10x developer, but I won't whine about content and make threats, that's for sure.

1X Developer, but I won't freak out if someone says "master branch"!

At my work place we switched to `main`, but we still have databases called `xyz-slave01`...

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Post by jml78 »

SV_BubbleTime wrote: post #166
jml78 wrote: post #136

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Here is how I took it. I watched it the day it came out before I read the outrage. I am a southern raised white male. I have seen Dave live. I HAD been a fan of his stuff. I had some issues with his comedy in the past but nothing that made me avoid it. However, this special rang different to me. This special felt the same as white dudes I have heard my entire life. White dudes who would say racist shit and turn aroun…

What his views are? That he was deeply upset his trans friend committed suicide, that he feels it was at least partly because she defended him online, that Twitter sucks and people do things there they would never in life, that he made a trust for Daphne’s daughter, that he is against bathroom laws, that he used his platform to try and stop the bullying of people with social media, that he is a true advocate for free…

By your post you justify that racism is ok because people should just accept people should be free to have ideas. I agree, they can have those ideas but they aren’t free from the consequences of having shitty ideas.

Yes I believe people can change.

As for his views, he straight up said he was a trans exclusionary radical feminist.

He said it multiple times in the special.

Go look at what that means. He is AGAINST legislation for trans rights. This is no different than white people saying we didn’t need the black civil rights movement.

Let me put it another way, my mom is an old white women who was alive during integration of the schools. She is racist as shit. She has a black friend. If her black friend dies first, she will absolutely be at her friend’s funeral. She loves her black friend. My mom would say her friend is “one of the good” ones. My mom is straight up racist. Having and caring about an individual in a group she is racist against doesn’t mean she isn’t racist.

Dave cared about his friend. He cares about his family. But he said what he is. No one put those words in his mouth. He said he was a Terf

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Post by Igelau »

xdennis wrote: post #205
Igelau wrote: post #78

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1X Developer, but I won't freak out if someone says "master branch"!

At my work place we switched to `main`, but we still have databases called `xyz-slave01`...

Lately I prefer "sovereign/vassal"

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Post by pandaman »

clairity wrote: post #190
pandaman wrote: post #183

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Is employment law forbidding firing people who did not show up to work? If it does not then you are trying to make a false equivalence, not I.

unions and strikes are legal. seriously, triteness isn’t helping here.

Unions and strikes are legal so is firing people who don't show up for work. Seriously, ignorance is not helping you.

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Post by SantalBlush »

busymom0 wrote: post #189
SantalBlush wrote: post #117

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What are you replying to? I'm not talking about whether or not it's okay to make fun of trans people. I'm saying the bit about Chappelle's friend was one of the least offensive parts of the special, and it's not the part that some people are taking issue with. I didn't even express my feelings about offensive comedy in my comment, you just inferred that because you have some axe to grind about the subject. For the re…

I am sorry, my comment wasn't specifically against your comment. My comment was a general reply to your comment. That's why I used the word "one" instead of "you". I was simply stating that trans being offended by jokes while also wanting "equality" is impossible. Wasn't attacking your comment.

I see. No worries, it's a heated topic right now and yours was the second reply I received of that nature so I misunderstood.

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Post by xpaqui »

krainboltgreene wrote: post #156
anonu wrote: post #38

Its really tough being a comedian. Generally, in society there are lines drawn over which you must not cross. Comedians typically get to push those boundaries under the guise of comedy or free-thinking or equal-opportunity racism or bigotry. Generally, I am totally supportive of that as it is thought-provoking and conversation inducing. It's better to bring uncomfortable subjects out into the open and make fun of the…

I feel like the multimillionare comedian in question is doing fine. Every other comedian I know is doing fine as well. Even the "canceled" comedians seem to be doing just fine.

> Even the "canceled" comedians seem to be doing just fine.

I feel this is a gross generalization, are we talking about CK Lewis or Daphne? What's the line for doing fine, losing a year of gigs, working in another area, not dead, not in a mental institution?

This "cancel" culture is unproductive and pitting people against people for misunderstandings that wouldn't hold water in real life.

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