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Re:‘We Care Deeply About Diversity’: Zuckerberg Defends Thie... by tenpies on Wednesday October 19, 2016 @02:42PM (#12746482)
I wonder if this marks the point where diversity (of thought) is officially a luxury afforded only to the wealthy. After all, this is the same Zuckerberg that warned employees that replacing "black" with "all" in "black lives matter" was racist and grounds for termination. This is the same Facebook that is deeply preoccupied with hiring non-white/Asian males regardless of intellectual background.

If a lowly employee had publicly made a donation to Trump's campaign would we see the same statement from Zuckerberg, or would that employee's time at Facebook come to an end at the next HR-approved opportunity?

Re:‘We Care Deeply About Diversity’: Zuckerberg Defends Thie... by gaur on Wednesday October 19, 2016 @03:49PM (#12747081)
Yes. And the same Zuckerberg that said building walls is bad, but then built a wall around his luxury vacation home in Hawaii.
Re:‘We Care Deeply About Diversity’: Zuckerberg Defends Thie... by poshli on Wednesday October 19, 2016 @02:57PM (#12746639)
Replacing "black" with "all" in the statement "black lives matter" reveals an astounding lack of knowledge of history. I'm not sure if it's racist. Maybe 'totally ignorant'? I hope the totally ignorant are on a different team.
Re:‘We Care Deeply About Diversity’: Zuckerberg Defends Thie... by Lawtonfogle on Wednesday October 19, 2016 @03:46PM (#12747054)
I know a Hispanic girl who says all lives matter. She is fed up with how the common narative is that only Blacks are people of color. Is she ignorant?

And before someone says I'm sexist for using girl instead of woman, she isn't 18 yet.

Re:‘We Care Deeply About Diversity’: Zuckerberg Defends Thie... by andrei_says_ on Wednesday October 19, 2016 @04:50PM (#12747551)
Let's not forget the silent ", too." At the end of the statement.

Black lives matter, too. Please stop executing us, jailing us, abusing us, beating us, underpaying us, stereotyping us.

We deserve the safety, humane treatment and respect for basic rights that are already available to others.

Hope that clarifies the statement for anyone who still feels/wants to feel confused or outraged by the exclusivity.

Re:‘We Care Deeply About Diversity’: Zuckerberg Defends Thie... by dudul on Wednesday October 19, 2016 @03:20PM (#12746855)
Assuming that you are right, is ignoring history valid ground for termination?
Re:‘We Care Deeply About Diversity’: Zuckerberg Defends Thie... by tveita on Wednesday October 19, 2016 @03:56PM (#12747148)
Irrelevant to the discussed case. When you start vandalizing posters at work it is no longer a case of just "ignoring history".
Re:‘We Care Deeply About Diversity’: Zuckerberg Defends Thie... by dudul on Wednesday October 19, 2016 @04:18PM (#12747326)
I think for this specific case it wasn't a vandalized poster, but some writing on a blackboard that was simply replaced. I've seen that at a few startups, the black/white board where everybody should feel free to write whatever, or draw a doodle.

Would you care to answer assuming that it wasn't a case of vandalism?

Re:‘We Care Deeply About Diversity’: Zuckerberg Defends Thie... by tveita on Wednesday October 19, 2016 @05:29PM (#12747854)
> Would you care to answer assuming that it wasn't a case of vandalism?

No, I don't want to spend more time chasing an increasingly stretched hypothetical that is being made to defend what would be asshole behaviour at the best of times.

I can't find a statement threatening to fire anyone, but the message I've seen says "Despite my clear communication at Q&A last week that this was unacceptable, and messages from several other leaders from across the company, this has happened again. I was already very disappointed by this disrespectful behavior before, but after my communication I now consider this malicious as well."

If your boss tells you to stop doing something at work and you keep doing it then yes, that can get you fired, no matter if it's singing Ave Maria or throwing rhetoric against a civil rights movement.

Re:‘We Care Deeply About Diversity’: Zuckerberg Defends Thie... by mempko on Wednesday October 19, 2016 @03:34PM (#12746961)
There isn't a turning point, this has always been true.

Also, It's not that everyone who does it is racist, it's that everyone who is racist seems to do it.

Re:‘We Care Deeply About Diversity’: Zuckerberg Defends Thie... by andrei_says_ on Wednesday October 19, 2016 @04:47PM (#12747526)
This is a straw man argument unless we're discussing Thiel being fired from a job.

This issue has nothing to do with job protection or diversity. It is being intentionally reframed as such because of the convenience of that narrative.

It is also not about views or voting. Thiel is paying good money to someone who intentionally incites hatred, violence, racism, sexism, xenophobia and ignorance.

Re:‘We Care Deeply About Diversity’: Zuckerberg Defends Thie... by Lawtonfogle on Wednesday October 19, 2016 @09:09PM (#12749180)
As does Hillary. Well maybe not all of those, but she clearly incites sexism.