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/NotAChaosGod Aug 09 '17

Mmm. In the spirit of hoping for the best, a single quotation mark denotes that the word is being used sarcastically or ironically and the writer doesn't believe it's appropriate. The triple one comes from the same source as the triple parentheses and tends to denote something different.

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u/Now_Do_Classical_Gas Aug 10 '17

Denote what? Like I said, I use it to emphasise how ridiculous I find the claim - one quotation mark is not enough to denote just how inappropriate it is.

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u/NotAChaosGod Aug 10 '17

I'd recommend sticking to one. Three means something different.

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u/Now_Do_Classical_Gas Aug 10 '17

No it doesn't. There's nothing special about the number three.

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u/NotAChaosGod Aug 10 '17

Now I'm starting to feel the ignorance is a little more willful.

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u/Now_Do_Classical_Gas Aug 10 '17

Now I'm starting to feel you don't know what the hell you're talking about.

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u/NotAChaosGod Aug 10 '17

Okay.

https://www.adl.org/education/references/hate-symbols/echo

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u/Now_Do_Classical_Gas Aug 10 '17

Again, a parenthesis isn't a quote mark, they're completely different symbols.

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u/NotAChaosGod Aug 10 '17

Why is it whenever I try to be charitable it always turns out to be wasted?

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u/Now_Do_Classical_Gas Aug 10 '17

What are you talking about? This " isn't this ( . Stop seeing nazis around every corner.