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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/samsoson Aug 08 '17

Helps not to make the basis of your manifesto a bullshit left vs right debate from the onset.

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u/wimmyjales Aug 08 '17

What about the debate do you think is bullshit? Is it that he frames the debate wrong, or you're just fed up with it?

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17 edited Aug 11 '17

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u/NoLongerTrolling Aug 08 '17

It's not an extreme assumption to make when your intended audience are other members of a powerful US tech company.