I'm so tired of the phrase unconscious bias. I'm tired of the phrase micro aggression. I'm tired of people correcting me for weird things. I'm tired of not being good enough for this brave new world. When I joined my company I had been a lifelong progressive. Now I'm almost feeling more aligned with conservatives. (not idiots like Trump, I'm not completely psychotic yet) I haven't lost my empathy for disadvantaged groups. I'm just really tired. I am tired of the huge amount of victimization that has crept into progressivism. I'm tired of the huge focus on trivialities that just don't seem important to me. Really, you are correcting some innocent use of traditional language... when rape is common place? That's almost insulting... But I have to keep my mouth shut. Because what I'm most tired of is that progressive thought had been taken over by mob mentality. I know I sound like some troll. I posted this to the women's group because I was hoping to avoid invigorating the ultra conservatives. I love progressive thought, but not this weird fringe progressive thought...
If you’re tired of hearing it, we’re tired of living it
Come on in, the water is fine! MAGA
Do you mean that as a Trump slogan? Or does maga go beyond Trump?
There is a wide range of conservatives, you can agree and don’t have to be far right. Most of us are reasonable people. I have noticed the left going further left, it’s not a good thing. MAGA is more than a Trump slogan
+1. Especially at Google. I'm really glad for the Google of 6 years ago that helped me realize some of my own biases and shift progressive. The Google of the last 3 years has been a race to absurdity and I don't know when it will stop. 😐
Can you tell me more about the Google of 6 years ago? I've only seen the absurdity so haven't had a chance to learn from the good stuff
When I joined Google I felt like the company culture gave off an ethos of trying to be better people, but respecting differences with others. "Freedom of information and thought" Now it projects an ethos of forcing others to be better people with shame and derision. Feels like we went from libertarian to fascist pretty quickly.
How are you corrected in the workplace? Any examples?
+1. I am curious about this too.
Try being black 24/7. You’d probably commit suicide.
Oh please. Black person here. It’s not that bad.
I guarantee you @HemiSafe is not black (probably a lily white progressive) and has been brainwashed by social media into the racist assumption that black people are oppressed in this country
, maybe most of us don’t need this level of bombardment but it seems like some people have a thick enough skull that “don’t be a dick” has to be hammered into it with a nail. The problem is figuring out how to deliver the message to the precise audience that needs to hear it but is the most reluctant to listen.
Facing your own bigotry is always hard work and never gets easier. Don’t be deluded into thinking you’re accomplishing anything without doing the work of facing up to it. Calling yourself a progressive does not make progress. Quit being a coward.
The human mind is bigoted. And the human mind is self deceiving. You will never know your own bigotry
That is some next level cowardice.
There are a lot of progressives that feel that same way you do. They’re just drowned out by the fanatics. Same thing happens on the right. Not all conservatives are are stuck in the 60s.
So people on all sides have become more polarized. I don't follow politics, I'm shamefully out of touch, and certainly don't have any insight into greater forces at work. What is happening and why?
Our mental deficiencies, traumatic childhoods, and fundamental differences are finally starting to collide. Each side is now digging in 😂