Is it ok to come out as a Trump Republican in Biglaw? Forum

[sublime]

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[smaug]

i'll toxx for clinton for the lot of the trump supporters itt, if you take the other side

i'm pretty dumb so you should jump on this chance to shame me and get rid of me forever

goes for you too, tiago

i already tried this and no one took me up on it

i've been trying to get someone to do this for four years now and nobody ever does

it's easy to be an anon coward but people back down as soon as there is a consequence for being wrong

[jbagelboy]

i'll toxx for clinton for the lot of the trump supporters itt, if you take the other side

i'm pretty dumb so you should jump on this chance to shame me and get rid of me forever

goes for you too, tiago

i already tried this and no one took me up on it

i've been trying to get someone to do this for four years now and nobody ever does

it's easy to be an anon coward but people back down as soon as there is a consequence for being wrong

I've never posted anon in a thread that wasn't legitimately related to directly sensitive legal employment. We're down to own all of our shit

this is basically a lounge thread and there should be no anon

[dwil770]

i'll toxx for clinton for the lot of the trump supporters itt, if you take the other side

i'm pretty dumb so you should jump on this chance to shame me and get rid of me forever

goes for you too, tiago

i already tried this and no one took me up on it

The last thing I want to do is get rid of the idiots here

[wolf]

This is on my file cabinet at work. It always sparks conversation when other attorneys visit me.

[20160810]

I love all the useful idiot liberals in this thread. It's going to be so sweet when Trump wins this thing, and mind you, he is going to win. There is very little doubt about that barring some apocalyptic development.

BTW: Harvard undergrad, Harvard law,179 LSAT here, so yeah, smarter than you.

Seriously, no mod is going to out this goob for anon abuse?

There's been one anon post ITT that deserved to be anon.

What is it about the Harvard posters on here? Is it something in the water or are they all just social retards to begin with?

[Desert Fox]

I love all the useful idiot liberals in this thread. It's going to be so sweet when Trump wins this thing, and mind you, he is going to win. There is very little doubt about that barring some apocalyptic development.

BTW: Harvard undergrad, Harvard law,179 LSAT here, so yeah, smarter than you.

Seriously, no mod is going to out this goob for anon abuse?

There's been one anon post ITT that deserved to be anon.

What is it about the Harvard posters on here? Is it something in the water or are they all just social retards to begin with?

Yale and Stanford take the ones who aren't autistic.

[20160810]

Also I don't understand why people feel the need to ask questions like that. Law school is definitely an annoying super liberal groupthink experience where people actually argue e.g. that you can't be convicted for burglary as long as you self-identify as the fee simple owner of the subject property. But actual lawyers tend to be older, have their own families to worry about, and pretty unconcerned with how you vote. As long as you're not an asshole about it nobody cares what your politics are.

[HonestAdvice]

In addition, regardless of your political beliefs, bringing it up in an inappropriate setting would lead to questions about your judgment irrespective of which side you choose.

[20160810]

In addition, regardless of your political beliefs, bringing it up in an inappropriate setting would lead to questions about your judgment irrespective of which side you choose.

Eh people with fringey beliefs definitely get less slack - unless you do it in open court mentioning that you're a moderate democrat isn't going to cause problems - but that's as it should be. Shunning is society's time honored means of marginalizing dangerous weirdos

[Nebby]

In addition, regardless of your political beliefs, bringing it up in an inappropriate setting would lead to questions about your judgment irrespective of which side you choose.

OP is a Trump supporter. Judgement is already questionable

[jdmonkey]

In addition, regardless of your political beliefs, bringing it up in an inappropriate setting would lead to questions about your judgment irrespective of which side you choose.

OP is a Trump supporter. Judgement is already questionable

If you are an employee at will I wouldn't do that. "I'm sorry we have to let you go. The partners just don't seem to think you are a good fit at the firm, despite your tremendous work product and client relationship skills." See ya!

[Anonymous User]

Summer Associate here, at sensitivity training the partner said "and if anyone is voting for Trump please leave now. There's no place for that sort of intolerance here"

[imalreadyamember?]

BTW: Harvard undergrad, Harvard law,179 LSAT here, so yeah, whiter than you.

[jbagelboy]

BTW: Harvard undergrad, Harvard law,179 LSAT here, so yeah, whiter than you.

Tyft

[Stanley Otto Swift]

Like I said, Trump wins.

[encore1101]

Like I said, Trump wins.

America/Constitutional rights/the Environment loses.

but hey, at least we can return the US to 1950s-era industry and casual racism. maybe if OP gets outed and fired for being a Trump Supporter, he can go to work in those exciting new assembly line manufacturing plants that are re-opening soon.

[Anonymous User]

No way. It is not ok to come out as a Trump supporter at my biglaw environment. I am in a liberal city and literally nearly every day for the past 2-3 months, I've heard someone make a negative remark about Trump supporters or Trump. Literally every happy hour for the past 2-3 months would include negative comments about Trump supporters or even Gary Johnson supporters. No one discusses any negatives about crooked Hillary or the democrats. It is acceptable to come out as a democrat but not as a republican. I am a closet Gary Johnson supporter at work. Your best bet is to just stay in the closet. No point in ruffling feathers.

A group of people went to watch Hillary give her concession speech yesterday and half the people there were crying.

[Anonymous User]

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[favabeansoup]

No way. It is not ok to come out as a Trump supporter at my biglaw environment.

I would agree with this. I'm not going to say being a Trump supporter is bad, but right now, people really dislike/hate Trump. I have only heard people make jokes about things that Trump has said, nothing about Hillary. For the best interests of your political career, just stfu about your political affiliations. There are more than likely strong Hillary/Democratic partners in your office that will visibly dislike you after.

[kellyfrost]

No way. It is not ok to come out as a Trump supporter at my biglaw environment. I am in a liberal city and literally nearly every day for the past 2-3 months, I've heard someone make a negative remark about Trump supporters or Trump. Literally every happy hour for the past 2-3 months would include negative comments about Trump supporters or even Gary Johnson supporters. No one discusses any negatives about crooked Hillary or the democrats. It is acceptable to come out as a democrat but not as a republican. I am a closet Gary Johnson supporter at work. Your best bet is to just stay in the closet. No point in ruffling feathers.

[dixiecupdrinking]

On the other hand, if you'd been bold enough to be an active Trump supporter in biglaw you'd probably have a guaranteed job in the administration. The guy is gonna have a hell of a time staffing the government. No one will cross party lines for him and most of the GOP establishment either hates the guy or has burned its bridges with him.

[smallfirmassociate]

On the other hand, if you'd been bold enough to be an active Trump supporter in biglaw you'd probably have a guaranteed job in the administration. The guy is gonna have a hell of a time staffing the government. No one will cross party lines for him and most of the GOP establishment either hates the guy or has burned its bridges with him.

Nobody will have a hard time filling an executive cabinet. Personal animosity yields to power damned near every time.

[dixiecupdrinking]

On the other hand, if you'd been bold enough to be an active Trump supporter in biglaw you'd probably have a guaranteed job in the administration. The guy is gonna have a hell of a time staffing the government. No one will cross party lines for him and most of the GOP establishment either hates the guy or has burned its bridges with him.

Nobody will have a hard time filling an executive cabinet. Personal animosity yields to power damned near every time.

I'm not talking about the cabinet, I'm talking about the dozens (hundreds?) of mid- to senior-level bureaucrats who will actually run the agencies.

[Anonymous User]

I asked this question a while ago but all I got were personal attacks along with assurances that Trump was a joke.

Since a Trump victory looks increasingly likely, I'll ask again: Would your firm fire or otherwise punish someone for speaking favorably about Trump as president? I increasingly find myself in political conversations at the office and it seems unfair that I should have to keep silent while the liberals are given unlimited free political speech in this election.

Probably not. Especially among younger attorneys. Do what many others trapped in a white collar environment are doing, including me: lie lie lie and lie (or deflect) some more about having voted for Hillary.

There was a video on CNN of hopeful Hillary voters crying about her loss. Beautiful stuff.