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Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo by chillingeffect on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @12:31AM (#14954324)
Not quite. I've been on right wing subreddits and banned repeatedly. You're only allowed to repeat the party lines there, too.

We're experiencing a polarization and lack of an ability to abide other's beliefs.

Now that firing someone for their beliefs has been demonstrated, how surprised will we be when bosses fire more people for their beliefs?

As aware humans, we should all be able to be better than this.

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Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo by kamaal on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @12:56AM (#14954493)
Its one thing to mute some one, its a totally another thing to get that person to have a change of heart.

Events like firing people for holding a belief, only reinforces their belief further that they are being marginalized for merely holding an idea in their head. Of course they will now keep quiet until somebody comes along and generates way more groundswell support for their belief.

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