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Re:The Dirty War Over Diversity Inside Google by 13years on Friday January 26, 2018 @10:16AM (#16239749)
This might sound good, but the result of such is tyranny and loss of free speech.

Politics easily being a fuzzy term which can be adapted to fit a very wide range of ideas gives those few in power who set the rules the ability to silence whatever they wish.

It would better if there were more initiatives to improve intellectual discourse so people could like actually talk to one another.

The less we talk, the further apart we will grow

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Re:The Dirty War Over Diversity Inside Google by TheAdamAndChe on Friday January 26, 2018 @10:20AM (#16239782)
Keyword: Talk. I'm not so sure that online communities are the best place for political discussion. Direct person-to-person communication allows for much more subtle, nuanced conversation and doesn't seem to turn into dumpster-fires nearly as often as online.
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Re:The Dirty War Over Diversity Inside Google by ghthor on Friday January 26, 2018 @02:31PM (#16242154)
Its also much less likely for someone to copy and leak the conversation in it in person.
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