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Re:Google cancels TGIF weekly all-hands meetings by nostromo on Friday November 15, 2019 @08:43PM (#21550408)
That's no more political than it is to celebrate Cinco de Mayo or Saint Patrick's Day with a custom logo or easter egg.
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Re:Google cancels TGIF weekly all-hands meetings by shadowgovt on Friday November 15, 2019 @08:45PM (#21550416)
A lot has changed in the US in a decade. Case in point: a person could make the above claim with a straight face now. ;)

Obergefell v. Hodges was only four years ago. American conservatives are still trying to reverse gay marriage.

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Re:Google cancels TGIF weekly all-hands meetings by buzzkillington on Saturday November 16, 2019 @12:29AM (#21551184)
Not in SF.
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Re:Google cancels TGIF weekly all-hands meetings by geofft on Saturday November 16, 2019 @07:28AM (#21552337)
Same SF where Mozilla's employees revolted against a CEO who donated to support Prop 8? None of that was political, then?

(And hiring mostly in SF isn't itself a political choice?)

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