[beeboop]

I think you will agree a tyrannical workplace that stifles honest conversation and criticism is a pretty shitty place to work, and perpetuates the unhealthy power imbalance between employers and employees. A workplace shouldn't be a kingdom of the CEO where his word is law, at least not as it applies to your everyday behavior and speech. Exceptions of course to expecting widely accepted professional behavior.

[coke12]

No, I don't agree. Nobody should feel uncomfortable in their workplace, especially if the reason for discomfort has nothing to do with work. Comments about gender, sexual orientation, and race are almost never appropriate. College is a very different environment because people go there to learn holistically.

[beeboop]

I poorly worded the parent comment. I agree with everything you said. It's when you take "nobody should feel uncomfortable in their workplace" to the absolute extremes that things become difficult, which is what a discussion about "micro-aggressions" becomes. At what point does someone's uncomfortableness with something become invalid? It's obviously not limitless.

[coke12]

No, but most companies filter out the most unreasonable people in their hiring process. I think you're making a caricature of these people's attempts to support their coworkers. "Microaggressions" in this context means that you should be careful about the little things you say, because you're in a multicultural workplace.

[tptacek]

I think you will agree that active serial rapists make bad receptionists. See how easy it is for us to meet in the middle?

[drdeca]

I am confused about what you mean by this.

I mean obviously the first sentence makes sense but I don't understand the relevance.

I'm not expressing anything against the point you are making, I just honestly don't understand what point you are making.

[tptacek]

I was snarkily refusing to have a discussion on the artificial terms of the parent commenter, about "tyrannical" workplaces.