Outraged about the Google diversity memo?

Re:Outraged about the Google diversity memo? by madez on Thursday August 10, 2017 @11:41AM (#14980775)

> Ask a Muslim which will change first: their gender, their skin color, or whether Mohammed was Allah's prophet.

You are generalizing in a way that will create animosity. There are liberal people which identify as muslims.

Even though most religious people identify themselves by their religious affiliations, not all do, and not everbody is religious.

I think religion is a cancerous meme, that we shouldn't pay respect to. I don't even want to be asked whether I am religious, nor what religion.

My name allows a funny pun in that regard: I'm Christian, but I'm not.

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Re:Outraged about the Google diversity memo? by humanrebar on Thursday August 10, 2017 @12:12PM (#14981128)

> You are generalizing in a way that will create animosity

> I think religion is a cancerous meme

My underlying point was that people with faith don't see their faith as a choice about the existence and character of their god (or other non-deist beliefs). It's not objective or accurate to say religion is different because it's a choice.

If anyone is offended by my point, I would challenge them to rethink their assumptions about how tolerant and accepting they are.

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Re:Outraged about the Google diversity memo? by madez on Thursday August 10, 2017 @06:51PM (#14985100)

I wouldn't say that your point necessarily offends anybody. My point is that it might be not clever to present it like that. One way to get rid of enemies is to befriend them.

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