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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,837 posts)
Tue Aug 8, 2017, 01:33 PM Aug 2017

The right is coming out in support of the fired author of the Google manifesto

Google has fired an employee who wrote an internal memo attacking the company's diversity policies — a move that has instantly turned the author into a hero of the right and threatens to ignite a Silicon Valley culture war.

The memo argued that Google should focus on "ideological diversity," and criticised its efforts to increase gender and racial diversity, suggesting biological differences may be the reason for disparities in hiring in the tech industry.

"We need to stop assuming that gender gaps imply sexism," the author wrote. 

The author, James Damore, was subsequently fired, : "To suggest a group of our colleagues have traits that make them less biologically suited to that work is offensive and not OK."

But the Damore's departure from Google isn't the end of this story. His memo and the action taken against him is being held up by many on the right as an example of alleged censorship and the purported dangers of "political correctness."

A few examples: Breitbart, the far-right news site, is currently leading with the story, writing that "witch hunts are a well-known cultural problem" at Google and that "psychologicsts claim [the] manifesto [is] scientifically accurate."

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/the-right-is-coming-out-in-support-of-the-fired-author-of-the-google-manifesto/ar-AApHRTe?li=BBnbcA1&ocid=edgsp

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The right is coming out in support of the fired author of the Google manifesto (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2017 OP
Of course they are.. whathehell Aug 2017 #1
Well of course they are Phoenix61 Aug 2017 #2
So women are 'biologically" unsuited to Tech work? whathehell Aug 2017 #3
and we still are. do not forget that there are pukes advocating the repeal of the 19th. niyad Aug 2017 #4
Repealing our right to vote?...Really? whathehell Aug 2017 #5
seriously. not just coultergeist, but a number of puke pols and pundits. niyad Aug 2017 #7
Oh for fuck's sake... whathehell Aug 2017 #9
first page of google "politicians want to repeal 19th amendment niyad Aug 2017 #10
Diversity? Why I believe that's a very old wooden ship from the Civil War era. Initech Aug 2017 #6
This country is FUBAR Va Lefty Aug 2017 #8
I think it has gone far beyond FUBAR niyad Aug 2017 #11

whathehell

(29,050 posts)
3. So women are 'biologically" unsuited to Tech work?
Tue Aug 8, 2017, 01:48 PM
Aug 2017

Yeah..A hundred years ago we were "biologically unsuited" to vote.

whathehell

(29,050 posts)
5. Repealing our right to vote?...Really?
Tue Aug 8, 2017, 01:54 PM
Aug 2017

I know the Coultergeist said something to that effect awhile ago, but I've never heard of any others.

niyad

(113,205 posts)
10. first page of google "politicians want to repeal 19th amendment
Wed Aug 9, 2017, 11:58 AM
Aug 2017

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