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Re:Margaret Mitchell fired from Google by soheil on Friday February 19, 2021 @06:00PM (#26199176)
> Within the next year, let those of us in positions of privilege and power come to terms with the discomfort of being part of an unjust system

If you have this pinned to your Twitter (on 2/5) about your employer why are you still working there and not resigning? It took Google 14 days to fire her, which I suppose is the typical two weeks notice since that date.

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Re:Margaret Mitchell fired from Google by chronic3802 on Friday February 19, 2021 @08:33PM (#26200530)
> why are you still working there and not resigning?

Simple: she wants to still be paid by Google.

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Re:Margaret Mitchell fired from Google by johncena33 on Friday February 19, 2021 @10:23PM (#26201207)
Additionally, she can stage martyrdom in front of Twitter and vulture news media. If she quits and writes blog posts about her experience working at Google, she would no way get the same amount of attention she is getting now. This is called performative activism.
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