It's a huge workforce and I am always working with different co-workers, but in person all the co-workers I meet seem like Leftists. They preach the climate change, wear the masks, and seem brainwashed. However, we have a secret forum for the workers and it is just Q central and tons of memes dishing on the Left and the resident-in-chief. Some of their memes are the best I've ever seen. I know several are reading here. I am shocked when I recognize who they are in the secret forum. I completely thought they were brainwashed Leftists. They hide it so well. A couple were surprised I knew about Q. They thought I was a brainwashed Leftists. We all know how to hide it so well. I guess the Obama years just taught everyone to mask their opinions and we're so good we can't even recognize each other in real life. We can mimic the sheep to a T.
Even more telling is how not a single actual Leftists ever pipes up or says a thing on the actual forum. Everyone in the office knows about the forum and loves to read there, but that means they're reading Q stuff. It's hard to reconcile by how they act in the office compared to what they post there. I wonder if another reason the Left is so convinced it's a majority is so many Awakened are very good at blending in.
The Left used to be good at it, but these days when Antifa larp as Q followers it's just so easy to spot them. I mean, Qanon? C'mon man.
Funny, that's how Leftist try to keep the sheep in line. I've heard their jokes of "Lol, the straight white men are angry". If someone complains they're called "sensitive" and "too emotional" or "I was kidding, lol".
But you weren't. You are employing the exact same tactic as Leftist. They do that all the time. They pretend not-jokes are jokes when called out on their words.
Instead of recognizing people's opinions you're shaming them. If you sincerely care about people being more honest then you don't turn around and try to put them down for saying what they think of your opinions.
I'm not being emotional or sensitive, I'm just being honest (you said you wanted that) and telling you the optics of your behavior. You told me in an earlier comment "Why spare you aunt's feelings?" and that it would be better to be 100% honest so people can self-improve.
I'm just following your advice.
I'm debating you. You said you want people to be honest. I'm giving my honest opinion and you're choosing to take everything I say as a personal attack on you.
I haven't taken a single thing you've said personally. I just like debating. I am pointing out the flaws in your theory and analyzing them.
At your work do you really say everything you feel without ever toning it down?
Do you tell a co-worker, "Your project was garbage"? Do you not soften it a little? If your boss pisses you off, do you curse them out? Or do you hold back and not cuss out the boss?
That would be masking. If you don't cuss out the boss because you want to keep your job, are you a coward? Or are you disciplined because you can't check your temper?
Go back. Common sense politeness as you call it is a form of masking. It also gets used for censorship by many of the adult babies on social media and in real life. "That hurt my feelings! You didn't have to say it like that! You're so emotional!" They use the argument of "rudeness" to shut down or distract from the real argument.
They call anything they don't like as rude. What is rude? I try to talk to with my honest opinion and you claim it's not debating or that I'm "emotional" and or that "I'm putting words in your mouth" (aka you don't like your own words being used to prove you're wrong). The whole point of what you call "common sense" politeness is to avoid being ostracized.
Earlier you said to just speak honestly with the aunt at a hypothetical party even if that meant calling her fat so that she could self improve, but doing that would be considered rude. That's exactly what speaking honestly often gets you accused of. That's why people mask or don't bring up certain topics at the office.
You want to label others as cowards when you would clearly never follow your own advice.