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A comment on Friends Are Genetically Similar (2014). Parent comment

Re:Friends Are Genetically Similar (2014) by bdamm on Monday September 11, 2017 @01:46PM (#15220473)
Counterpoint: Here we are, talking about it openly. Even Mr. Damore who previously was employed at Google was and is able to talk about it openly.
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Re:Friends Are Genetically Similar (2014) by kemerover on Monday September 11, 2017 @02:09PM (#15220688)
"Openly" as in "anonymously through the Internet"
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Re:Friends Are Genetically Similar (2014) by dqpb on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @04:29PM (#15232219)
Ideas deserve to rise or fall independent of the people who utter them.
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Re:Friends Are Genetically Similar (2014) by corporateslave3 on Monday September 11, 2017 @02:01PM (#15220609)
he was fired?
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Re:Friends Are Genetically Similar (2014) by bdamm on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @02:14AM (#15225165)
Free speech doesn't mean you get to keep your job when you say it. It means it isn't illegal or impossible to speak your opinion. That doesn't mean being as ass has no consequences.
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Re:Friends Are Genetically Similar (2014) by nv-vn on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @04:30AM (#15225716)
I disagree but even leaving that comment aside, the OP is saying you aren't allowed to talk about it openly. "Allowed" does not imply a government here, but society/employers/etc. If your employer fires you for saying "fuck", clearly you aren't allowed to say "fuck" at work.
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