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The numerator is such a small percentage because so many fear losing their jobs for speaking out. In that context, this number is quite significant. Even if you

by p49k 6y ago

The numerator is such a small percentage because so many fear losing their jobs for speaking out. In that context, this number is quite significant. Even if you disagree with their stance, you have to admit that it takes courage to speak up in these kinds of situations.

mam2 6y ago
Or simply most people don't care... No one ever gets fired for just "rallying"
bigphishy 6y ago
That could be, although it is more than likely a small percentage because so many people do not agree with the cause.
- deeviant 6y ago
  Oh maybe that don't give a fuck and just want their big check?
  - scarmig 6y ago
    Realistically, the majority just want this bad PR to go away and for Google to be better at preventing it from getting to this point.
busterarm 6y ago
Given the number of people I know who privately think that she resigned rather than got fired and similarly won't speak out (there's tons of internal threads talking about her being fired from what I can tell here), I think it actually is a small percentage.
- ClumsyPilot 6y ago
  > "think that she resigned rather than got fired" Thats objectively one way or the other - it's not a matter of opinion.
  - busterarm 6y ago
    I agree with you: When you say "do X or I quit", that's resigning and not being fired. There's still a ton of people, including her, who think that she was fired. The amount of pushback from those folks for saying that she resigned has silenced a lot of people, from what I've seen.
elefanten 6y ago
Except that the “rallying” aligns with what is now the presumptive, dominant narrative. It would be courageous to do the opposite.
oh_sigh 6y ago
This argument can be made about any unpopular subject. Americans really want full-blown Communism, but are too afraid of speaking out for fear of retaliation from jack-booted capitalist thugs. Prove me wrong.
- jessaustin 6y ago
  This argument would work better if your hypothetical weren't obviously true.
- notSupplied 6y ago
  ...and their silence about it only FURTHER proves there exists a mass conspiracy to muffle the voices for -some unpopular cause-
- RhysU 6y ago
  You, sir or madam, aced rhetoric and current events. I applaud you. Science must always be falsifiable.
apta 6y ago
> The numerator is such a small percentage because so many fear losing their jobs for speaking out Or, more likely, they don't are about the whole "woke" movement and don't want anything to do with it.
colonwqbang 6y ago
What evidence do you have to support this theory? Perhaps the people who are not speaking out in agreement with you simply don't agree with you.
- apta 6y ago
  It shows how deluded the far left is honestly, when they think that anyone who doesn't agree with them is afraid to speak up, and not because what the far left stands for is outrageously foolish.
teen 6y ago
Actually, it's more so the other way. If you agree with her firing, you can't say anything or you are a bigot
scarmig 6y ago
No one at Google worries that signing a petition or Tweeting something is going to get them fired. No one in any kind of position of power reads or cares about these kinds of petitions, and it certainly doesn't ever reach the eyes of anyone on a promo committee.
svrb 6y ago
You could make the exact same claim about a flat earth rally.

by p49k 6y ago

mam2 6y ago

Or simply most people don't care... No one ever gets fired for just "rallying"

bigphishy 6y ago

That could be, although it is more than likely a small percentage because so many people do not agree with the cause.

deeviant 6y ago
Oh maybe that don't give a fuck and just want their big check?
- scarmig 6y ago
  Realistically, the majority just want this bad PR to go away and for Google to be better at preventing it from getting to this point.

busterarm 6y ago

Given the number of people I know who privately think that she resigned rather than got fired and similarly won't speak out (there's tons of internal threads talking about her being fired from what I can tell here), I think it actually is a small percentage.

ClumsyPilot 6y ago
> "think that she resigned rather than got fired" Thats objectively one way or the other - it's not a matter of opinion.
- busterarm 6y ago
  I agree with you: When you say "do X or I quit", that's resigning and not being fired. There's still a ton of people, including her, who think that she was fired. The amount of pushback from those folks for saying that she resigned has silenced a lot of people, from what I've seen.

elefanten 6y ago

Except that the “rallying” aligns with what is now the presumptive, dominant narrative. It would be courageous to do the opposite.

oh_sigh 6y ago

This argument can be made about any unpopular subject. Americans really want full-blown Communism, but are too afraid of speaking out for fear of retaliation from jack-booted capitalist thugs. Prove me wrong.

jessaustin 6y ago
This argument would work better if your hypothetical weren't obviously true.
notSupplied 6y ago
...and their silence about it only FURTHER proves there exists a mass conspiracy to muffle the voices for -some unpopular cause-
RhysU 6y ago
You, sir or madam, aced rhetoric and current events. I applaud you. Science must always be falsifiable.

apta 6y ago

> The numerator is such a small percentage because so many fear losing their jobs for speaking out Or, more likely, they don't are about the whole "woke" movement and don't want anything to do with it.

colonwqbang 6y ago

What evidence do you have to support this theory? Perhaps the people who are not speaking out in agreement with you simply don't agree with you.

apta 6y ago
It shows how deluded the far left is honestly, when they think that anyone who doesn't agree with them is afraid to speak up, and not because what the far left stands for is outrageously foolish.

teen 6y ago

Actually, it's more so the other way. If you agree with her firing, you can't say anything or you are a bigot

scarmig 6y ago

No one at Google worries that signing a petition or Tweeting something is going to get them fired. No one in any kind of position of power reads or cares about these kinds of petitions, and it certainly doesn't ever reach the eyes of anyone on a promo committee.

svrb 6y ago

You could make the exact same claim about a flat earth rally.