James Damore and three others end Google suit

Re:James Damore and three others end Google suit by thosakwe on Saturday May 09, 2020 @11:38AM (#23125608)

1. Calling it an outrage "mob" is dishonest, and that's why I say it doesn't exist. It's not mob mentality. Did it occur to you that there are reasons that many people could have been outraged by what he wrote? Calling it a "mob" is just you dismissing that.

2. Yes, he got himself fired. Nobody made him write that, and even after writing it, nobody made him post it on a large mailing list where an entire workforce could read it.

3. You don't think his actions were what caused him to get fired. So whose fault was it, if not his? You're more intent on making a statement against the "outrage mob" than actually acknowledging why doing what Damore did might get you fired at any company.

Again, it's especially telling that you and the people who defend Damore attribute zero fault to the person who actually wrote the memo.

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Re:James Damore and three others end Google suit by ravenstine on Saturday May 09, 2020 @11:45AM (#23125662)

> Calling it an outrage "mob" is dishonest

> Again, it's especially telling that you and the people who defend attribute zero fault to the person who actually wrote the memo.

I've been honest and I replied in good faith, and yet you just sidestep and lump me in with some made up group of people whom you say attribute "zero fault" to Damore. You didn't listen to me at all. You didn't even ask me what faults I would attribute to Damore after I denied your perception of what I'm thinking. Why should anyone have a conversation with you?

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Re:James Damore and three others end Google suit by wpietri on Saturday May 09, 2020 @11:52AM (#23125734)

If you're replying in good faith, you should either defend your "outrage mob" accusation or apologize for it.

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Re:James Damore and three others end Google suit by ravenstine on Saturday May 09, 2020 @12:04PM (#23125884)

So they can just dismiss things I say and pretend they can read my mind, but I am supposed to either defend or apologize for it because someone says so?

EDIT: I mistakenly thought your comment was from the person I was having the conversation with.

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Re:James Damore and three others end Google suit by wpietri on Saturday May 09, 2020 @12:15PM (#23125983)

Thanks for the correction. That's an easy mistake to make here! I've done it myself.

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Re:James Damore and three others end Google suit by abstractbarista on Saturday May 09, 2020 @01:18PM (#23126523)

It literally is a mob.

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