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None of those things seem to be protesting directly at the work they have been hired to do.
by darthrupert 3y ago
None of those things seem to be protesting directly at the work they have been hired to do.
- vineyardmike 3y agoMany of them were Google Cloud employees protesting the military use of Google Cloud. So they were protesting their own work's use. (They were also protesting working conditions, which obviously impact employees). Regardless of your view of the actual topic being protested, they were (relatively) peaceful - they staged a "sit in". They disrupted executives - key decision makers - but they didn't directly try to disrupt regular rank-and-file employees who don't have power to make decisions. > Protesters in Sunnyvale sat in [Google Cloud CEO's] office for more than nine hours until their arrests, writing demands on [his] whiteboard and wearing shirts that read “Googler against genocide.” Obviously activism at work will be reprimanded, surely they knew, but it seemed to draw the attention they want. I think we should be careful when we mock or belittle protestors as if they're naive. America has a long history of protesting for (perceived) social good. There aren't many causes I'd risk my cushy job for, but I respect people who make sacrifices for fighting for what they believe in, especially if no one gets hurt.
- quickslowdown 3y agoPinkerton propaganda and slavish devotion to a corporation run deep in America's blood.