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The problem is that on the flip side of the coin what is allowed to be said at Google is much more inflammatory than anything Damore said. It's not even just to

The problem is that on the flip side of the coin what is allowed to be said at Google is much more inflammatory than anything Damore said. It's not even just tolerated but celebrated. You use racism as an example but what Damore said was not racist, he didn't use any epithets, he isn't a white supremacist. It's really odd that you try to lump him in with them.

Caveman_Coder 9y ago
+1 Conservatives at Google know this all too well. They've seen eng-misc and memegen and know that there is a very limited spectrum of "acceptable" opinion. The problem wasn't that political content was posted, as that happens all the time, it was that it was political content that was deemed to be "wrong." Ask conservatives/GOP supporters how they felt after Trump was elected and the TGIF presenter tried to comfort the audience, which they assumed all voted for Clinton...talk about ostracizing your workforce that may hold a different private opinion
deong 9y ago
I didn't lump him in with racists. I explicitly said the opposite. I just used racist views as an example of an opinion you're not allowed to share, even if asked for your opinion on racial matters. Since you missed it, the point was this: it's irrelevant that he posted it on a company board that was asking for opinions, so stop trying to use that as a defense. If you want to defend what he said, go nuts. We can argue the merits and whether Google overreacted. Just don't whine, "but they asked his opinions!" as though that's some sort of shield.
- malvosenior 9y ago
  You're using a strawman argument about racists. It has no bearing whatsoever on what Damore said. The actual problem, as I stated, is that Google accepts extremely vitriolic commentary from the left (at work!) but even Damore's relatively tame memo caused him to be fired. Refer to Damore's lawsuit for many examples of the the extreme rhetoric that is allowed within Google corporate.

Caveman_Coder 9y ago

+1 Conservatives at Google know this all too well. They've seen eng-misc and memegen and know that there is a very limited spectrum of "acceptable" opinion. The problem wasn't that political content was posted, as that happens all the time, it was that it was political content that was deemed to be "wrong." Ask conservatives/GOP supporters how they felt after Trump was elected and the TGIF presenter tried to comfort the audience, which they assumed all voted for Clinton...talk about ostracizing your workforce that may hold a different private opinion

deong 9y ago

I didn't lump him in with racists. I explicitly said the opposite. I just used racist views as an example of an opinion you're not allowed to share, even if asked for your opinion on racial matters. Since you missed it, the point was this: it's irrelevant that he posted it on a company board that was asking for opinions, so stop trying to use that as a defense. If you want to defend what he said, go nuts. We can argue the merits and whether Google overreacted. Just don't whine, "but they asked his opinions!" as though that's some sort of shield.

malvosenior 9y ago
You're using a strawman argument about racists. It has no bearing whatsoever on what Damore said. The actual problem, as I stated, is that Google accepts extremely vitriolic commentary from the left (at work!) but even Damore's relatively tame memo caused him to be fired. Refer to Damore's lawsuit for many examples of the the extreme rhetoric that is allowed within Google corporate.