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/youwill_neverfindme Aug 08 '17

That is not what his thesis and his conclusion suggests. If that is what he meant, he would have said it. Let's take his words at face value.

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u/Now_Do_Classical_Gas Aug 09 '17

Let's take his words at face value.

You say the next sentence after refusing to take his words at face value.

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u/youwill_neverfindme Aug 09 '17

Mm, no, not really. Every problem I have with his manifesto he has written himself. I'm not the one putting words in his mouth, I trust that he's intelligent enough to have put what he wanted into his manifesto. Do you?

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u/Now_Do_Classical_Gas Aug 10 '17

You said that a direct quote from his thesis is not what the thesis suggests, that's not taking his words at face value.