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Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo by AnotXOR on Monday August 07, 2017 @11:04PM (#14953656)
I think everyone is looking for the offense in the wrong places. The reason he got so many angry responses is because he didn't explicitly celebrate the left wing tenants of equity. He questioned the tenants in very reasonable places and that was all that it took. Scary times, these.
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Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo by mr_spothawk on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @12:08AM (#14954154)
> he didn't explicitly celebrate the left wing tenants of equity

in fact he pointed directly to the flawed logic that supports them.

poor guy had no idea what was coming.

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Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo by AnotXOR on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @12:34AM (#14954340)
That leads to my point, questioning one is tantamount to questioning it all, which is unforgivable and intolerable. You can see this by how many have hallucinated stances that the writer didn't even make.
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Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo by peoplewindow on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @09:03AM (#14957356)
That guy seems smart. I bet he did know. He probably decided that he could either quit quietly or get himself fired. The latter opens up the possibility of lawsuits (and unemployment benefits, which he is unlikely to need, but if he finds it hard to get hired again quickly it may be helpful).
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Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo by rtx on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @03:26AM (#14955324)
Maybe he did.
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Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo by smt88 on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @12:21AM (#14954245)
I think that you meant "tenets" instead of "tenants".
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