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		heavyset_go on May 22, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Woke at Work: Why tech firms are trying to run awa... They do it today, too. Conservatives in my area canceled a small business because the owners shared a BLM meme on Facebook. They even got the local PBA spokesperson to smear the business all over media, as well. The owners had to take down their social media profiles, and felt pressured enough to release a statement for apologizing for the meme.

esyir on May 22, 2021 [–]

Good. If we can have more even distribution of that, then it'll hopefully enable bipartisan pushback.

Or it'll just get worse and even more partisan, but that's the current trajectory anyway.

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