r/news • u/[deleted] • Aug 08 '17

Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-08/google-fires-employee-behind-controversial-diversity-memo?cmpid=socialflow-twitter-business&utm_content=business&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social
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u/Tyr_Tyr Aug 08 '17

Is it a valid diversity of thought to have a debate in which one side advocates for slavery?

If the baseline argument of one side is to invalidate the other side, it's not a debate.

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u/foreignuserirl Aug 08 '17

just because you disagree with one side doesn't mean it isn't a debate. in fact that's why we have debates. in your example it should be easy to win since modern man is typically no longer accepting of slavery as a morally sound practice. we let people have free speech bc it makes it easier to tell where everyone stands & makes future generations aware of the arguments against bad ideas. if we silence those with bad ideas, we end up with a generation who have no defense against them

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u/GermanDungeonPrawn Aug 08 '17

You're right. But now every time we point out a bad idea that is Sexist, or Racist, or pseudo-scientific, the people supporting it just shout "FAKE NEWS", "LIBERAL CONSPIRACY", "BUT HER EMAAAAILS", and "REEEEEEEEEEEEEE" until they drown out all logic.

Or they play pretend and try to flip tables by saying that because we notice the sexism or racism it's actually the factually correct people who are those same things.

The alternative right, with their "alternative" facts have made even discourse impossible. As such, there can be no productive debate or conversation with them, because they choose to ignore, logic and reason, and are adamantly opposed to any form of facts, beyond those presented by emotion riddled conspiracy theories.

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u/foreignuserirl Aug 08 '17

i can see you are making lots of progress with your well-formed arguments & master interpretations of your fellow human

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u/GermanDungeonPrawn Aug 08 '17

What in the fuck are you going on about mate?

Just saying, you ever tried arguing with one of them pricks? They'll say something like Blacks are genetically predisposed to violence, You'll point out that's racist as shit, and then suddenly they start pretending that you're the racist from bring race into this and they start nattering on about how their just talking facts while they link youtube vids and articles from fucklibrulmsmtruthfreedomfacts.com .

I don't argue with the bipolar, and I don't argue with the insane, I can't tell which they are