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what every man needs to ask himself and reflect on:

- would i stand up to a pig in the room

- would i stand up to a pig in the room that is way up the ladder

- and have I had my snout in the trough alongside my coworkers so long that I don't even realise the rest of the world can all see my curly tail...

I think a reasonable reaction would be to stand up and slap him around for a good few seconds (10 should do the trick). Then proceed to go to HR to report the guy and threaten with a lawsuit if he's not instantly fired. There you go. As an engineer in California you should be able to find another workplace if they decide to fire you instead.

Stand up to him - sure. But slap him around? I think you may have overdosed on punch-the-nazi memes.

I just said it would be a reasonable reaction (as in, I would understand someone doing it), not that I would actually do it.

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