Re:Facebook fired an employee who posted evidence of prefere...
by twic on Friday August 07, 2020 @12:22PM
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Damore is a funny case.
The original memo runs against current mores, and the science is wobbly, but it's not outrageous. Perhaps it's wrong, but it's not outrageous to be wrong! On the other hand, once he was kicked out of Google, he quickly fell in with some nasty characters, like Molyneux.
If you only heard about the memo, and missed or skimmed over the subsequent stuff, it's easy to see Damore as a victim of the dreaded cancel culture. Whereas if you didn't read the memo but saw what he was up to afterwards, it's easy to see him as a straightforward villain.
The original memo runs against current mores, and the science is wobbly, but it's not outrageous. Perhaps it's wrong, but it's not outrageous to be wrong! On the other hand, once he was kicked out of Google, he quickly fell in with some nasty characters, like Molyneux.
If you only heard about the memo, and missed or skimmed over the subsequent stuff, it's easy to see Damore as a victim of the dreaded cancel culture. Whereas if you didn't read the memo but saw what he was up to afterwards, it's easy to see him as a straightforward villain.