First of all, you are associating conservative beliefs with the trades. That's exactly the sort of thing that is being brought up here - you're effectively saying that the left claims white collar jobs, particularly those in tech, and that anyone who doesn't fit that mold shouldn't even bother.
Secondly, you're implying that welding is a lower-status field. Nothing could be further from the truth - of the two people that I know that became welders after high school, one is now an underwater welder working on offshore oil platforms and the other has specialized in heavy industrial stuff. Both of them make more than any developer I know, including myself.
> Aren't these the same sort that will moan ceaselessly about the ludicrousness of "safe spaces" and "snowflakes"?
One of the distinguishing characteristics of those on the right is the importance of equal application of the rules.
First of all, you are associating conservative beliefs with the trades. That's exactly the sort of thing that is being brought up here - you're effectively saying that the left claims white collar jobs, particularly those in tech, and that anyone who doesn't fit that mold shouldn't even bother.
Secondly, you're implying that welding is a lower-status field. Nothing could be further from the truth - of the two people that I know that became welders after high school, one is now an underwater welder working on offshore oil platforms and the other has specialized in heavy industrial stuff. Both of them make more than any developer I know, including myself.
> Aren't these the same sort that will moan ceaselessly about the ludicrousness of "safe spaces" and "snowflakes"?
One of the distinguishing characteristics of those on the right is the importance of equal application of the rules.