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But surely not all opinions are welcome in the workplace. If someone spread a document that said, 'we shouldn't hire muslims because we can't trust their loyal

But surely not all opinions are welcome in the workplace. If someone spread a document that said, 'we shouldn't hire muslims because we can't trust their loyalties', surely expressing that opinion would merit firing. And there's also the question of how opinions are expressed. When you post something publicly for wide distribution, there's much less room to walk things back or to discreetly talk through things. Damore intended for his document to have impact, which it did. But that also means that if the impact is negative it's more likely to lead to his dismissal. I'm not sure he should have been fired in this case but I can see why it was done.

sheepmullet 9y ago
> If someone spread a document that said, 'we shouldn't hire muslims because we can't trust their loyalties' That escalated quickly! I think a closer example is someone saying "I support the trump immigration ban". With the far left crowd who have been hyped up by the media this causes the same feelings as saying "I want to ban Muslims" and "I hate Muslims". > And there's also the question of how opinions are expressed. That's true. I'm not suprised he was fired. From reading some of the leaked internal posts it looks like there is significant bullying of conservatives. It doesn't look good for Google. Wage fixing, being investigated for pay gap issues, clearly bully conservatives, etc. Hopefully a court case can reveal the truth.
- slededit 9y ago
  When you have quotes from key people like Giuliani saying on national TV: “So when [Trump] first announced it, he said, 'Muslim ban.' He called me up. He said, 'Put a commission together. Show me the right way to do it legally.'" There is strong evidence the immigration ban is targeted at Muslims. If it weren't for quotes like that Trump wouldn't have had an issue with the courts.

sheepmullet 9y ago

> If someone spread a document that said, 'we shouldn't hire muslims because we can't trust their loyalties' That escalated quickly! I think a closer example is someone saying "I support the trump immigration ban". With the far left crowd who have been hyped up by the media this causes the same feelings as saying "I want to ban Muslims" and "I hate Muslims". > And there's also the question of how opinions are expressed. That's true. I'm not suprised he was fired. From reading some of the leaked internal posts it looks like there is significant bullying of conservatives. It doesn't look good for Google. Wage fixing, being investigated for pay gap issues, clearly bully conservatives, etc. Hopefully a court case can reveal the truth.

slededit 9y ago
When you have quotes from key people like Giuliani saying on national TV: “So when [Trump] first announced it, he said, 'Muslim ban.' He called me up. He said, 'Put a commission together. Show me the right way to do it legally.'" There is strong evidence the immigration ban is targeted at Muslims. If it weren't for quotes like that Trump wouldn't have had an issue with the courts.