> Do you find that perspective is primarily gotten from real life conversations, or from discourse online/social media/political commentators?
Both. I worked at a company that leaned right, and there was a guy I worked with that took every opportunity to interject with his left/liberal opinion. I think people found it annoying sometimes, but we had some good discussions every once in a while. His career didn't suffer and we still keep in touch. Other companies have either been apolitical or left-leaning, and I've never observed the opposite. Personally, I keep my mouth shut because providing for my family is more important than (best case scenario) changing someone's mind, and I'm guessing that's everyone else's strategy as well.
> everyone wants primarily to be left alone, not harassed, and wants to coexist, and be respected. Is it the same from yours?
Nominally, yes. But even with that I think that's where there's a lot of disagreement. What does coexistence mean exactly? Does it mean forcing people to accept others into their spaces? What if a company wants to exclusively hire men? What if they want to exclusively hire Christians? To me, infringing on the right of free association is at odds with being left alone. Am I being left alone if a significant amount of my income is being confiscated against my will and spent in a way that I disagree with? What does being respected mean? Is it forcing people to use certain pronouns, even if you don't think it aligns with their biological sex, and it feels like lying?
I get this is a rhetorical question, but I'm still unsure where your hangups are coming from.
Most of my friends are some flavor of Christian. They use my pronouns around me. I don't take their Lords name in vain around them. Sometimes, coexistance and respect are really as simple as that.
> What if a company wants to exclusively hire men? What if they want to exclusively hire Christians?
Unfortunately, history has shown that allowing that kind of selectivity ends up with extremely unfair job prospects for people from different ethnic backgrounds. You might be fine if you're a Christian man, but there's a lot of other people in the world so you should learn to get along with them (not intending to imply that you personally have an issue).
> Is it forcing people to use certain pronouns, even if you don't think it aligns with their biological sex, and it feels like lying?
It's not so much forcing as just being polite. If you meet someone and call them "David" and they reply "oh, I prefer Dave", then it'd be kind of odd for you to insist on using "David" because that's the name that was written on their birth certificate. It's about consideration for other people's self image etc.
> Unfortunately, history has shown that allowing that kind of selectivity ends up with extremely unfair job prospects for people from different ethnic backgrounds.
This admin is solving that dilemma by attempting to deport them all..
Both. I worked at a company that leaned right, and there was a guy I worked with that took every opportunity to interject with his left/liberal opinion. I think people found it annoying sometimes, but we had some good discussions every once in a while. His career didn't suffer and we still keep in touch. Other companies have either been apolitical or left-leaning, and I've never observed the opposite. Personally, I keep my mouth shut because providing for my family is more important than (best case scenario) changing someone's mind, and I'm guessing that's everyone else's strategy as well.
> everyone wants primarily to be left alone, not harassed, and wants to coexist, and be respected. Is it the same from yours?
Nominally, yes. But even with that I think that's where there's a lot of disagreement. What does coexistence mean exactly? Does it mean forcing people to accept others into their spaces? What if a company wants to exclusively hire men? What if they want to exclusively hire Christians? To me, infringing on the right of free association is at odds with being left alone. Am I being left alone if a significant amount of my income is being confiscated against my will and spent in a way that I disagree with? What does being respected mean? Is it forcing people to use certain pronouns, even if you don't think it aligns with their biological sex, and it feels like lying?