Man, when can we get back to an executive class with a spine and common sense. Can't have free speech if only one self-appointed group dictates what can be said.
> Can't have free speech if only one self-appointed group dictates what can be said.
This is what worries me - it feels a lot like the Cultural Revolution in slow motion (although arguably that too took place in slow motion). Any ideas outside the one approved idea set are treated as heretical. And those who espouse such views are not worthy of visibility or acceptance or power. Isn’t this exactly what authoritarian societies demand? Why is it excusable or normalized when authoritarianism is decentralized or implemented via powerful private organizations.
What are you talking about? Chappell expressed an idea that was mainstream only a couple years ago. Nothing he is saying is new , or 'truth'. He is just an old man expressing old ideas
You are looking at it, or at least what could have been if he didn't back down. Not backing down creates a forcing function to where they leave and people like them won't come.
I haven't seen this get enough attention. Lots of us that have worked at tech companies have seen the toxic environment that these people create. Imagine having your colleagues vocally goading you into taking up some cause, where you either have to just go along with them or assert yourself and risk reprisal or at least conflict. It's really not a nice way to work. Defending the activists is really saying fuck you to the rest of the employees and not supporting them against a hostile minority.
Imagine if someone did a special and said all lives matter back in 2020. That's what this is like, TERF stuff denies that trans brains even have even more mosaic architecture, it's complete bioconservatism. Denial of existence. Excuse people if they want to defend the aspects of their existence.
It remains pretty crazy that he made the defenses he did given Netflix have previously pulled episodes of Community for having a joke about how blackface is bad.
Doesn't exactly seem consistent other than "we spent a lot" on this mess.
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[ 1017 ms ] story [ 3644 ms ] threadGuess we can't have nice stuff, like comedy that's funny.
This is what worries me - it feels a lot like the Cultural Revolution in slow motion (although arguably that too took place in slow motion). Any ideas outside the one approved idea set are treated as heretical. And those who espouse such views are not worthy of visibility or acceptance or power. Isn’t this exactly what authoritarian societies demand? Why is it excusable or normalized when authoritarianism is decentralized or implemented via powerful private organizations.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Olds
Hmm...
Look at what happened when George Pullman or Trump or John Adams had their opinions challenged. They throw childish tantrums until they get their way.
I do however think he, and Netflix, have screwed up by hiring activist employees.
I believe there's a way to screen out these employees that wouldn't involve discrimination or lawsuits.
I haven't seen this get enough attention. Lots of us that have worked at tech companies have seen the toxic environment that these people create. Imagine having your colleagues vocally goading you into taking up some cause, where you either have to just go along with them or assert yourself and risk reprisal or at least conflict. It's really not a nice way to work. Defending the activists is really saying fuck you to the rest of the employees and not supporting them against a hostile minority.
Doesn't exactly seem consistent other than "we spent a lot" on this mess.