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Re: Resignation

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Post by zepto » Sun, Feb 07, 2021, 6:15 PM UTC

throwmylifawy wrote: post #106

zepto wrote: post #87

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Who defines what counts as bigoted?

We do as a collective culture! Bigotry is subjective and changes with time. There is never going to be an ironclad list of protected classes that are going to remain fixed in time. That is because discrimination and what society feels counts as discrimination changes over time.

> We do as a collective culture

By what process? The list may not be ironclad, but presumably someone has to actually make a list.

Or are you saying we don’t need a list?

Re: Resignation

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Post by worik » Mon, Feb 08, 2021, 6:56 PM UTC

zepto wrote: post #111

throwmylifawy wrote: post #106

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We do as a collective culture! Bigotry is subjective and changes with time. There is never going to be an ironclad list of protected classes that are going to remain fixed in time. That is because discrimination and what society feels counts as discrimination changes over time.

> We do as a collective culture By what process? The list may not be ironclad, but presumably someone has to actually make a list. Or are you saying we don’t need a list?

There are no clear boundaries, for any law. Almost. Which is why laws need courts.

Re: Resignation

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Post by athriren » Mon, Feb 08, 2021, 6:59 PM UTC

chmod600 wrote: post #110

athriren wrote: post #103

Earlier quoted context omitted.

if a person who is nominally in a journalistic role ends up producing fabulism and they are then demoted and reassigned, it’s better for that person to lead everyone to believe they were pushed out for irrelevant things many years ago rather than the issue with their work at their workplace that in fact literally just occurred. it’s just confusing, because in any other context i don’t think people would fall for this…

Why wasn't he forced to resign essentially immediately afterward, then?

he was reassigned and essentially demoted and given the opportunity (along with the cocreator, who is still at the times) to basically do remedial “how not to lie to everyone” and he decided he was not interested.