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Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo by troupe on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @09:36AM (#14957642)
> the way to respond is to say that their information is wrong, not that they are wrong for saying it.

This is what bothered me the most about Google's response. They have the data to prove that the stereotypes about women were wrong. Instead of doing that, they focused on the idea that articulating the stereotypes was wrong. Some stereotypes actually have a basis in facts. The best way to deal with ones that aren't is to use the facts. Google failed at doing this.

Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo by lerpa on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @10:05AM (#14957854)
> Google failed at doing this.

Implying they cared about false stereotypes. They only failed if they actually wanted to do that.

My bet is this gives them negative PR to their target market, end of story.