> I'm pretty sure there are a lot of us, but I have no way of knowing for sure
Just created a new account just to tell you we're at least 2 conservatives in tech. Pretty sure I'll get angry and abandon this account very soon again because of the liberal bias here, and their adoration for the downvote button, but whatever, anything for a conservative colleague :)
> There should be a term for "liberal privilege" when you're able to post your political views under your real name.
They can post under their real name, doesn't mean it's not gonna cost them someday for a future job or who knows what, karma works in complex ways.
I don’t support Trump and am not even conservative but look how I got downvoted when I pointed out that someone misquoted him. Sorry, you want to claim that conservatives ignore facts and then proceed to downvote me when I literally reference Trump’s verbatim quote from Twitter to correct your misquoted version?
I almost think Trump keeps winning elections out of a sense of schadenfreude. No one likes the guy, but when you constantly get downvoted and people attempt to silence any minor disagreement from the party line, it sure makes you want to vote for him out of spite (I won’t though).
>I almost think Trump keeps winning elections out of a sense of schadenfreude.
I definitely think a lot of his appeal has to do with his ability to rile up the left then demonstrate their ineptitude at stopping him. He's also doesn't seem to have much in the way of strong principles on subjects, instead, he does pretty much exactly what he thinks his supporters will like.
His corruption is the trade-off one makes for electing a politician like him. He'll do whatever it takes to make his constituents happy, and in return they give him a blank check.
for all the lofty scientific & neutral ideals that rational/atheistic/left/liberal people chest-thump, they should be able to judge an idea for its content and not for the person.
but since we know that no one is that scientific, just post views under a pseudonym, unless you plan to run for political office.
Just created a new account just to tell you we're at least 2 conservatives in tech. Pretty sure I'll get angry and abandon this account very soon again because of the liberal bias here, and their adoration for the downvote button, but whatever, anything for a conservative colleague :)
> There should be a term for "liberal privilege" when you're able to post your political views under your real name.
They can post under their real name, doesn't mean it's not gonna cost them someday for a future job or who knows what, karma works in complex ways.