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Funny, I feel exactly the same way about your representation of what James Damore wrote. But what I find interesting is that you don't see what you're doing as

Funny, I feel exactly the same way about your representation of what James Damore wrote. But what I find interesting is that you don't see what you're doing as a form of outrage culture. That you don't see what you're doing as a form of virtue signaling, simply to a different group. He was fired for poor judgement, for using company services and time to write a broad and controversial memo that contradicts Google's corporate policy and goals as a company. What he wrote is almost immaterial. California law protects him when he does it on his own time. That would have prevented him from being fired, or at least provided a legitimate grievance if he was.

srslack 9y ago
>Funny, I feel exactly the same way about your representation of what James Damore wrote. Is it funny because you can't actually source a quote from the memo proving any of your implications? I think it is. >That you don't see what you're doing as a form of virtue signaling Virtue signaling requires the signaling to, hopefully, elevate one's status within an in-group. Considering I don't blather on social media all day about political shit, it'd be pretty hard for this to be the case, and the rare time that I do, I prefer to do it unrelated to my real name, precisely because of vitriol shit out by both "sides", faux progressives and alt-right or whatever you want to call them. But please, continue to believe that many faux-progressives were not acting like thugs in this particular debacle. >He was fired He was fired because immature employees couldn't have an honest discussion, and then called up a bunch of news orgs to get public opinions on their side and summon a shitstorm before anyone even saw the memo. Firing him just proves him right.