Re:Google Doesn't Want What's Best for Us
by zimpenfish on Monday August 14, 2017 @07:52AM
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> So you think he wrote the memo in bad faith and/or ignorance. Just say that. Why argue that it says things it doesn't?
This is the "only the literal words should be taken" argument - but words can have contextual meanings above and beyond their literal meanings.
"Urban crime", for example, literally just means "crime in an urban environment" but is often used as a dogwhistle for "crimes committed by POC".
Same with Damore's memo - he may not literally have said the things people are seeing but - if you assume it was written in bad faith (which the pseudoscience and "I'm just asking the questions" would indicate) - the dogwhistles are clear.
This is the "only the literal words should be taken" argument - but words can have contextual meanings above and beyond their literal meanings.
"Urban crime", for example, literally just means "crime in an urban environment" but is often used as a dogwhistle for "crimes committed by POC".
Same with Damore's memo - he may not literally have said the things people are seeing but - if you assume it was written in bad faith (which the pseudoscience and "I'm just asking the questions" would indicate) - the dogwhistles are clear.