Google Fires VP over Bizarre Anti-Anti-Semitic Rant
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#2One again proving freedom doesn't exist if you criticize an Israeli. Hmm
Re: Google Fires VP over Bizarre Anti-Anti-Semitic Rant
#3Another case of too much sharing? Had he just joined the chorus of pro-Semitic discourse or not said anything he’d likely still be in a job.
That he grew as a person and changed his thoughts but was fired is a tough one.
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#4Firing someone for removing hate from their lives and becoming a better person doesn’t send the right message…
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#5The referenced LinkedIn post:
Re: Google Fires VP over Bizarre Anti-Anti-Semitic Rant
#6What an idiot.
Free to have an opinion (even a overtly racist one) but not free from the consequences.
It seems to me that there is some base level of education you need to be in technology. My belief has always been that education helps eliminate racism. I think I need to let go of that belief.
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#7Firing someone for removing hate from their lives and becoming a better person doesn’t send the right message…
While I partially agree, it certainly seems very tone deaf on the VPs part. A 10k word post and two hour readout on YouTube? Citing specific Jewish people he thinks are good? Really? It seems like there's something bordering on unhinged in that behavior.
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#8The quotations excepted from his videos are unsettling but ultimately positive - apparently he’s talking about his journey to overcome anti-Semitism. But in a way, the central message is irrelevant. If you’re a VP of Developer Relations, you talk about one thing and one thing only, and you do that with measured, pleasant enthusiasm.
Re: Google Fires VP over Bizarre Anti-Anti-Semitic Rant
#91. I think posting something like that on LinkedIn is wildly inappropriate. I know it has dreams of being the next Facebook. I wish they’d stick to their lane and keep on being the professional social network everyone hates to use except when they’re job hunting.
2. Part of his statement rings true. Like how can you be anti-Semitic when you are also a Semite.
3. The west should really pay attention. The same propaganda techniques Arab governments have been using for decades to demonize Jews is being used on social media, talk radio, and the news.
4. Unfortunately, this firing feeds into the long held conspiracies that Jews are infinitely powerful and any criticism of them will get you silenced. Might there be other reasons he was let go. There is subtext in the article that points to it. But the narrative is he was fired for holding anti-Semitic views.
Re: Google Fires VP over Bizarre Anti-Anti-Semitic Rant
#10Why is it that Google seems to always have these sorts of very public employee issues and controversies? I’ve got a pretty good idea, their work culture is one of the most toxic in respect to diversity of thought and freedom of expression. This echo chamber culture comes all the way from the top. Don’t get me wrong, I am in no way advocating that employees should be allowed to post or disseminate any sort of hate speech, but this seemed like an attempt to apologize for past mistakes and open up a dialogue and conversation. You couldn’t pay me enough to work at Google, I’d probably also be fired pretty quickly as well.