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Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo by koolba on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @12:07AM (#14954143)
You really don't though. You have a right not to be harassed but you don't have an inherent right not to be outraged based on whatever cockamamie standards you choose that morning.

I'm personally outraged by people who think it's okay to write emails and chat messages with improper punctuation and spelling mistakes. Mixed case sentences, emojis, and made up capitalized abbreviations make my blood boil. But none of that is grounds for me getting those people terminated.

If I don't want to deal them I can go work somewhere else. That's the right I have. Not the right to silence them.

It's the same if they decide to express their political opinions or sports affiliations.

Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo by dbnoch on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @12:33AM (#14954333)
You do see that you are comparing 1. woman being biologically inferior to 2. sports affiliations.

For another example: It would be the same as saying Blacks are inferior to 2. political opinions.

That is NOT OK. It is not a question of being outraged, it is a question of a hostile workplace.

Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo by collyw on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @09:39AM (#14957678)
He said they were different, not inferior. He pointed out some differences that would be considered superior.
Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo by koolba on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @06:11AM (#14956209)
> You do see that you are comparing 1. woman being biologically inferior to 2. sports affiliations.

No I'm not. I'm saying that there is a distinction between being offended/outraged and being harassed. Just because someone is offended by something doesn't mean it's harassment. My examples were explicitly meant to be silly to demonstrate the point.