It would be nice to have a complete timeline of the memo's life. My guess of the sequence of events is: 1. First sent to the groups in charge of diversity: "I

It would be nice to have a complete timeline of the memo's life. My guess of the sequence of events is: 1. First sent to the groups in charge of diversity: "I first circulated the document about a month ago to our diversity groups and individuals at Google" 2. Their reply was something along the line of "thanks, but no thanks": "mostly I was ignored" 3. He forwards the memo to a wider group? (My guess) 4. The memo goes viral inside and outside Google 5. Execs have no option but to fire him under the internal and external pressure If my guess is correct it, I don't think Google execs were left with a choice. There is a time, place and way to discuss controversial topics. If on the other hand (3) didn't happen or it was not done by Damore, then Google does seem to not be able to tolerate different opinions and does have a problem indeed.