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Re:The Dirty War Over Diversity Inside Google by aklemm on Friday January 26, 2018 @01:50PM (#16241808)
I'll agree it was unwise. But the person literally clarified the point. Look, it makes me uncomfortable too, but I understand it as a style of speaking and that people get carried away and that non-offensive language sometimes feels ineffectual. Eyes on the ball: fire bigots not people who are a little loose with their language.
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Re:The Dirty War Over Diversity Inside Google by Veelox on Friday January 26, 2018 @01:58PM (#16241893)
Okay, so what if the "bigots[0]" are not intolerant just a little loose with their language? How do we differentiate the two?

[0] a person who is intolerant toward those holding different opinions. source: https://www.google.com/search?q=bigot

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Re:The Dirty War Over Diversity Inside Google by aklemm on Friday January 26, 2018 @02:06PM (#16241965)
Just look for tangible damage vs. mere words being exchanged. If I'm intolerant and have a pattern of keeping black people off my team, then I'm in for consequences.
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Re:The Dirty War Over Diversity Inside Google by Veelox on Friday January 26, 2018 @03:05PM (#16242422)
But that isn't how tech currently operates. If I have a gay coworker on my team, we get along fine, I have never said an ill word or done an ill deed to them I can still get labeled homophobic for speaking in favor of traditional marriage. I can still be disciplined just for words.
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Re:The Dirty War Over Diversity Inside Google by fjsolwmv on Friday January 26, 2018 @04:16PM (#16242963)
Bigot is now used to mean a generalized term for "someone who stereotypes or discriminates against others"
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Re:The Dirty War Over Diversity Inside Google by fjsolwmv on Friday January 26, 2018 @04:15PM (#16242957)
Right. Make an ill advised flame comment, get a warning. How is that disproportionate response?
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Re:The Dirty War Over Diversity Inside Google by muddi900 on Friday January 26, 2018 @02:58PM (#16242378)
Conservatives want political correctness to die but not if you are referring to white supremacists.
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