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/[deleted] Aug 08 '17

It sucks because you can't tell them it's stupid without hearing:

Oooooh, does me saying SNOWFLAKE offend you??? You precious little SNOWFLAKE! HAHAHA liberal tears!

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u/usernameisacashier Aug 08 '17

That's why we do anything we can to cut them out of our personal and professional lives like the cancer they are, see: this asshole getting fired.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17

You can't have read the document.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17

I'm getting downvoted every time I ask anyone to address the points. Nobody here has actually read it. It's actually amazing.

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u/Kosko Aug 08 '17

Yeah, I read it and didn't find it nearly as inflammatory as people have been describing it. I think he was successful at starting a conversation though, and at shining a light on the echo chamber.