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okay, i'll bite the bait

i agree with most of the spirit of what he said. He has committed some errors, which I will tackle in the order that I see them written. First, I don't like that he labels pragmatism as a right-wing trait.

i would argue that intentionally choosing the option that sounds shittier JUST BECAUSE it *sounds* like "the difficult choice" is just as idealistic, just an idealism of a different philosophy. sometimes, the shittier choice is just shittier, not pragmatic. But that's just word choice

i also think trying to create analogies and apply social and political perspectives to the day to day functioning of a business is the corporate equivalent of astrology and inherently worthless

the entire section about the 'on average' differences between men and women has a LOT of [sources needed]

for example, claiming "women are more interested in people and men are more interested in things" as if it were a fact is just random. if there's no source backing this up, this carries as much weight as the comedy sketch that says "women are interested in things, and men are interested in women, and therefore men only buy things to attract women". It's kind of the opposite, too!

That being said, nobody's expecting this guy to be perfectly correct in everything. He wants to have a conversation and he should get it. Hopefully he is aware and open to accepting that he is wrong on many counts.

I'll be honest with you. It's really tough to see two "sides" of an argument, where one side is 90% correct and the other side is 10% correct, and the 10% side has retreated to basically say "i'm not free to be wrong, people get mad at me when i don't listen to reason". It's also tough when the fringe crazies ON THE MOSTLY CORRECT SIDE go overzealously overboard.

I do totally understand the fear, but it's not a liberal vs. conservative thing, and I hate it when people try to draw that line and put people into color coded buckets.

I have absolutely been in situations where I've felt like it would be unwise to contribute to a discussion because of the social environment. You just need to slow down and actually formulate intelligent positions before blabbing. Yeah, it's tough, but everyone has to deal with it sometimes.

Also, it's an idiotic lie ot say that political correctness is a tool of "the Left" (god i hate painting with broad strokes) exclusively. I see "anxious whites" rant and rave about how people are "attacking" whites verbally and they need to stop. It's complete hypocrisy

like i get it. the left feels more passionate and intolerant. this is because they are actually closer to being correct on a lot of issues, including evolution, climate change, drug wars, health care, and economics. yeah, people are going to be passionate about these topics

it's easy to feel on the defensive when you're factually wrong on so many counts, and it bleeds into other topics that are more nuanced and less fact-based, like race & gender
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You did indeed stab me in the back. However, you are only level one, whilst I am level 50. That means I should remain uninjured.