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Newspaper Obtains James Damore's Complaint Against Google (siliconbeat.com)
A Silicon Valley newspaper brings this update on fired Google engineer James Damore:
California law allows employers to fire workers for virtually any reason -- and the Constitutional protection of free speech doesn't apply to private company workplaces. Until now it was unclear how Damore might fight back against Google over his termination. Now, this news organization has obtained the U.S. National Labor Relations Board charge sheet that reveals the basis for Damore's battle. His argument hinges on the contents of his memo, which went far beyond discussing a possible biological reason for the gender gap.
The document contained detailed criticism of Google's diversity initiatives and their effects on employees, and it said that the company's biases led to alienation among employees holding conservative views. His Labor Board charge rests on Section 8(a) subsection (1) of the National Labor Relations Act, which gives employees the right to engage in activities for the purpose of "mutual aid or protection." Google discriminated against Damore by firing him "in retaliation" for activities protected by law, and also possibly to discourage such activities within the company, the charge sheet said. It appears clear that the protected activities Damore refers to are his communications, in the memo, with co-workers, about issues in the workplace.
Google was unavailable for comment, but the newspaper quoted an earlier statement from Google CEO Sundar Pichai that "An important part of our culture is lively debate. But like any workplace that doesn't mean that anything goes."
The document contained detailed criticism of Google's diversity initiatives and their effects on employees, and it said that the company's biases led to alienation among employees holding conservative views. His Labor Board charge rests on Section 8(a) subsection (1) of the National Labor Relations Act, which gives employees the right to engage in activities for the purpose of "mutual aid or protection." Google discriminated against Damore by firing him "in retaliation" for activities protected by law, and also possibly to discourage such activities within the company, the charge sheet said. It appears clear that the protected activities Damore refers to are his communications, in the memo, with co-workers, about issues in the workplace.
Google was unavailable for comment, but the newspaper quoted an earlier statement from Google CEO Sundar Pichai that "An important part of our culture is lively debate. But like any workplace that doesn't mean that anything goes."
Memo gets written that Google could do a better job being sensitive to the differences between men and women.
Gets fired for being "insensitive"
The old "When you don't like the message, shoot the messenger." tactic.
Or in this case typical Stupid Juvenile Whiner tactics.
/cynical Classic.
I am grateful when I find leftists who honestly want to have open debate. Unfortunately, that is rare. The hard left actually hates free speech because its ideas cannot stand up to intellectual scrutiny.
Damore is not even all that radical of a conservative. He just departed from the religion of the Silicon Valley c-suite and that is, of course, a grand heresy for which he must be punished.
To all left-leaning readers, just remember: if you are against free speech for ideas you dislike, then you are against free speech period. And the limits you impose on others can one day be turned on you.
Here i thought it was the case of someone learning that there are consequences of causing a bunch of shit where you work. I get it, you conservatives have to latch on to every immoral dickhead that comes around just to make you feel like you're not the filthy, lonely, ungrateful dregs of society that you are.... all it really means is there's a few more dregs for decent people to be disgusted by.
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Aww, poor little butt hurt right wing princess is triggered, sorry reality doesnt match your delusion.
Okay. How about: "An important part of our culture is lively debate. But don't expose the company to liability under both state and federal non-discrimination laws by creating a hostile work environment for women when our entire industry is already suspected of being a hostile work environment for women."
The nitwit made himself a liability to the company. And if they HADN'T fired him, Google would have been tolerating, and could be seen as endorsing, his screeds. Fact is, even a company like Walmart or Halliburton would give Damore the pink slip in this situation. And even if he somehow wins his case, which isn't bloody likely, Google is still better off for having fired him and losing one case, versus losing multiple cases filed by the people he wants treated as second-class.
Imagine all the people...
I'm not sure what your point is... that we shouldn't respect someones preferences because of why they hold them? I think I get where you're going, the progressive sacred-cow that any difference between men and women is exclusively due to male oppression. Whole can of worms there. Don't suppose you're going to advocate for more female trash collectors and mine workers? After all, no real reason men should prefer one type of job right? Progressives would have a whole hell of a lot more credibility if not for that blatant hypocrisy where the only problem is lack of females in certain white-collar, high-paying jobs, and not lack of females in all male-dominated jobs, or lack of men in female-dominated jobs (we certainly wouldn't want more males teaching young kids or working in daycare, they're all presumptive child molesters right). Because, as I explained, progressives are not actually seeking equality.
Of course the feminazi shitcunt can't point to the "misogynist bullshit" in Damore's document, for two reasons: one, that requires actual effort and supporting their assertions with evidence (logic is not the strong point of people who fall for Linkara-grade feminazi twattery in the first place) and two, there is no misogynist (remember that means "hatred of women") content in the document. These retarded SJWs run around with Dymo labelers slapping MISOGYNY on everything that disagrees with them even though that's not how it works. Not following feminazi cunt doctrine in lock-step is not "hatred of women."