Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo

Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo by syshum on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @05:28AM (#14956005)

I fail to understand what the US Constitution has to do with this conversation.

The US Constitution is a document that outlines what powers the people of the US have granted to the Federal government, it has no bearing on what I am talking about

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Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo by meddlepal on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @06:58AM (#14956475)

Uh... Amendment #1 deals with FoS. Sentences 2 and 3 of your post talk about Government AND Society. The first amendment doesn't give a rat's ass about what society thinks. Its a restriction only on the government.

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Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo by sbmassey on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @11:14AM (#14958649)

You are the one that brought up the US constitution, the OP was talking about freedom of speech as a principle. It is hardly surprising that the US constitution would only apply FoS to the government, since that is what it is trying to define, but the principle of FoS can apply to society as much as anything else.

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Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo by xorfish on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @10:58AM (#14958438)

Freedom of Speech is a principle. It has a value on it's own. I wish more people would see that.

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