Google employees are free to speak up, except on antitrust

Re:Google employees are free to speak up, except on antitrust by frenchy on Thursday October 15, 2020 @02:52AM (#24785642)

unishark's comment was about people with minority viewpoints, not people who are part of a visible minority. For example, a woman might be the only female in a programming team, and therefore a visible minority, but her views on what gender equality means might be shared by most of the rest of the team, meaning tha she does not have a minority viewpoint.

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Re:Google employees are free to speak up, except on antitrust by jlebar on Thursday October 15, 2020 @03:44AM (#24785943)

So you're saying, (WLOG) women who happen to disagree with the prevailing (male) viewpoint are better off in offices which disallow discussion of politics. Because by telling everyone that they can't talk about political issues relevant to women, they don't have to shoulder the burden of the majority disagreeing with them?

But...by assumption, the majority disagrees with them? I don't get it.

I mean, just hypothetically, suppose some group was discriminated against at work. Women, Black folks, LGBTQ folks, folks with disabilities, whatever. This discrimination is "political", in that Serious Politicians disagree about whether it's right. I hope you don't think this is a stretch. You're saying that in a world where they couldn't advocate for themselves by talking about the issues they face, they'd be better off?

If this is about what's best for them, why not let them choose? Do we have to be the gatekeepers of what's good for them or not?

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Re:Google employees are free to speak up, except on antitrust by Viliam1234 on Thursday October 15, 2020 @04:02PM (#24793133)

Conservative women are probably better off in offices which disallow discussion of politics.

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