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The anger is a distraction. The allegations are most important. "Google silences minorities/women/AI researchers" is way more interesting/important than "Googl
by lowercase1 6y ago
The anger is a distraction. The allegations are most important.
"Google silences minorities/women/AI researchers" is way more interesting/important than "Google/AI researcher did/didn't misbehave."
- oh_sigh 6y agoCan we be more careful with our language? Saying "X silenced a minority/woman" or whatever is not saying that "X silenced a minority/woman because they are a minority/woman". It isn't really clear with your first quote if one thinks that silencing people generally is okay, but not minorities/women, or if silencing anyone is never okay, or if the minority/woman was silenced merely for their demographic status.
- lowercase1 6y agoIt's an abbreviation for any/all/some of those things being more important/interesting than what most of discussion here is about (whether letter/firing is appropriate)