Epoch Times article... oh boy
08-13-2022, 08:46 AM
#51
Swimmin' in da pool
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Reason #1273 why people increasingly elect to telecommute, work from home, or have left the workplace altogether. Who needs it when you can avoid words being used (twisted?) by angry thought-police looking to weaponize today's woke corporate policies. Even French President Macron said the US had gone too woke. LOL
Safe space echo chambers, anonymous forums (like this), social media, polarizing opinion-based reporting on cable 'news', whatever,...If there was ever a calculated plan to isolate and divide us, it couldn't get any better than this.
Stasi 2.0?
Safe space echo chambers, anonymous forums (like this), social media, polarizing opinion-based reporting on cable 'news', whatever,...If there was ever a calculated plan to isolate and divide us, it couldn't get any better than this.
Stasi 2.0?
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08-13-2022, 09:21 AM
#53
It's 5 o'clock somewhere
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And what’s with the Epoch Times? Aren’t they anti-communist/anti CCP and banned by the communist Chinese government?
If Al Jazeera reported the same story would it be less truthful? What if USA Today reported it?
Are all you commenters that are downplaying the source in agreement that this article has no merit?
The New York Times has history of Holocaust denial. What if they published it?
If Al Jazeera reported the same story would it be less truthful? What if USA Today reported it?
Are all you commenters that are downplaying the source in agreement that this article has no merit?
The New York Times has history of Holocaust denial. What if they published it?
08-13-2022, 09:24 AM
#54
It's 5 o'clock somewhere
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Oh, and usually the ones complaining the loudest about woke culture and getting written up at work are the ones who wear their politics on their sleeve and push the limits of decency trying to sway others to their beliefs. Maybe just check your opinions on things at the door and do your job. Don't be a jerk. You won't have any problems.
08-13-2022, 09:29 AM
#55
That/It/Thang
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08-13-2022, 09:39 AM
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Reason #1273 why people increasingly elect to telecommute, work from home, or have left the workplace altogether. Who needs it when you can avoid words being used (twisted?) by angry thought-police looking to weaponize today's woke corporate policies. Even French President Macron said the US had gone too woke. LOL
Safe space echo chambers, anonymous forums (like this), social media, polarizing opinion-based reporting on cable 'news', whatever,...If there was ever a calculated plan to isolate and divide us, it couldn't get any better than this.
Stasi 2.0?
Safe space echo chambers, anonymous forums (like this), social media, polarizing opinion-based reporting on cable 'news', whatever,...If there was ever a calculated plan to isolate and divide us, it couldn't get any better than this.
Stasi 2.0?
To me, a lot of this stems from the power of corporations to regulate our speech via their social media policies and so on. While a corporation cannot have us thrown in jail for violating their policies on what can and cannot be said, they can cut us off from our livelihood. That gives them a lot of power over typical citizens who are not financially independent. In that way, I’d say most citizens don’t truly have a right to free speech in America.
I’d be willing to bet that most of us wouldn’t be as ****ed off about all the wokeness if it didn’t threaten our ability to pay the mortgage and put food on the table.
On the other hand, if I own a corporation and pay people an income to represent my company, is it unreasonable to have the right to fire them if they say or do things that, if associated with my business, threaten to harm my bottom line? Should I, as the owner of a company, be forced by the government to tolerate an employee who makes statements that are antithetical to my corporation’s values?
Should Congress act to create legislation to protect free speech not only from the threat of imprisonment but also from the threat of being fired?
08-13-2022, 10:47 AM
#58
Strike averted!
Joined APC: Mar 2015
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What about utilizing Pro Standards and settling issues like adults instead of submitting an IR and creating a disciplinary fact finding mission because you were an offended flight attendant because your captain offered his hand getting out of the van, or didn’t come down to the bar, or told you to get off your phone during the briefing (all of these are real examples).
Pilots are being written up at an alarming rate, encouraged by specific FA leadership. Careers are being jeopardized over stupid stuff. Families are being affected.
This MUST END.
No wonder the pilot group wants separate hotels and don’t come down anymore. I know many FA’s that completely understand.
Pilots are being written up at an alarming rate, encouraged by specific FA leadership. Careers are being jeopardized over stupid stuff. Families are being affected.
This MUST END.
No wonder the pilot group wants separate hotels and don’t come down anymore. I know many FA’s that completely understand.
08-13-2022, 11:19 AM
#59
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The government isn’t arresting many people these days for speaking their mind.
To me, a lot of this stems from the power of corporations to regulate our speech via their social media policies and so on. While a corporation cannot have us thrown in jail for violating their policies on what can and cannot be said, they can cut us off from our livelihood. That gives them a lot of power over typical citizens who are not financially independent. In that way, I’d say most citizens don’t truly have a right to free speech in America.
I’d be willing to bet that most of us wouldn’t be as ****ed off about all the wokeness if it didn’t threaten our ability to pay the mortgage and put food on the table.
On the other hand, if I own a corporation and pay people an income to represent my company, is it unreasonable to have the right to fire them if they say or do things that, if associated with my business, threaten to harm my bottom line? Should I, as the owner of a company, be forced by the government to tolerate an employee who makes statements that are antithetical to my corporation’s values?
Should Congress act to create legislation to protect free speech not only from the threat of imprisonment but also from the threat of being fired?
To me, a lot of this stems from the power of corporations to regulate our speech via their social media policies and so on. While a corporation cannot have us thrown in jail for violating their policies on what can and cannot be said, they can cut us off from our livelihood. That gives them a lot of power over typical citizens who are not financially independent. In that way, I’d say most citizens don’t truly have a right to free speech in America.
I’d be willing to bet that most of us wouldn’t be as ****ed off about all the wokeness if it didn’t threaten our ability to pay the mortgage and put food on the table.
On the other hand, if I own a corporation and pay people an income to represent my company, is it unreasonable to have the right to fire them if they say or do things that, if associated with my business, threaten to harm my bottom line? Should I, as the owner of a company, be forced by the government to tolerate an employee who makes statements that are antithetical to my corporation’s values?
Should Congress act to create legislation to protect free speech not only from the threat of imprisonment but also from the threat of being fired?
Instead of focusing on what brings us together, we focus on and celebrate what's actually separating us (race, sex, sexual preference/orientation, political agenda, etc.) This company has a knack for snatching defeat out of jaws of victory in so many ways.
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