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Ah yes, let's group all progressives into agreeing to fire him. The comments on the internet have varied widely on that topic even on the "progressive" side, an

Ah yes, let's group all progressives into agreeing to fire him. The comments on the internet have varied widely on that topic even on the "progressive" side, and it's not like we have any political parties calling for him to be fired. This post is just doubling down on the irony of using stereotypes for the stereotypical reaction to a piece filled with stereotypes.

daodedickinson 9y ago
Google officials immediately called for his firing.
- adjkant 9y ago
  Again, is that all progressives?
  - hackcasual 9y ago
    Or coming from a progressive view point at all. It may be coming from a business perspective of "this drama is bad for business."
    - lhnz 9y ago
      On the contrary, being seen as ideologically homogenous isn't going to be good for a business that is meant to provide information to all of the world. Google are edging ever closer to regulation, and when that happens their stock price will tumble.
      - true_religion 9y ago
        I have my doubts that they'd be regulated or actually come "under fire" for firing someone who caused an uproar about gender equality in the workplace. Unless you are being discriminated against, or someone else is... I don't really think its' a normal employees place to be a political firebrand and post invective messages on the internal company boards. Honestly if you say something that pisses off 60% of your coworkers to the point that they say they will quit... then you're not a good fit for the company.
        lhnz 9y ago
        I don't think this is the tipping point. I think this is a sign of things to come... It's a case of leverage. The more Google can be shown to be biased internally or overly 'left', the easier it will be for other countries or the current US government to make the case that they have too much power and act upon this. Steve Bannon has already said that he wishes to treat tech giants as public utilities [0]. [0] https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/08/steve-bannon-google-facebook/535473/?utm_source=atltw https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/08/steve...
guywhocodes 9y ago
I didn't read 'all progressives' but rather that the loudest and least factual agitators do it in the name progressiveness. Does my alternate interpretation make your comment a tripling down? Is this comment somehow quadrupling down?

daodedickinson 9y ago

Google officials immediately called for his firing.

adjkant 9y ago
Again, is that all progressives?
- hackcasual 9y ago
  Or coming from a progressive view point at all. It may be coming from a business perspective of "this drama is bad for business."
  - lhnz 9y ago
    On the contrary, being seen as ideologically homogenous isn't going to be good for a business that is meant to provide information to all of the world. Google are edging ever closer to regulation, and when that happens their stock price will tumble.
    - true_religion 9y ago
      I have my doubts that they'd be regulated or actually come "under fire" for firing someone who caused an uproar about gender equality in the workplace. Unless you are being discriminated against, or someone else is... I don't really think its' a normal employees place to be a political firebrand and post invective messages on the internal company boards. Honestly if you say something that pisses off 60% of your coworkers to the point that they say they will quit... then you're not a good fit for the company.
      - lhnz 9y ago
        I don't think this is the tipping point. I think this is a sign of things to come... It's a case of leverage. The more Google can be shown to be biased internally or overly 'left', the easier it will be for other countries or the current US government to make the case that they have too much power and act upon this. Steve Bannon has already said that he wishes to treat tech giants as public utilities [0]. [0] https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/08/steve-bannon-google-facebook/535473/?utm_source=atltw https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/08/steve...

guywhocodes 9y ago

I didn't read 'all progressives' but rather that the loudest and least factual agitators do it in the name progressiveness. Does my alternate interpretation make your comment a tripling down? Is this comment somehow quadrupling down?