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FTA: > Damore said: "I went to a diversity programme at Google, it was ... not recorded, totally secretive. I heard things that I definitely disagreed with in some of our programmes. I had some discussions there, there was lots of just shaming, and 'No you can’t say that, that's sexist' and 'You can't do this.' That is, he took a bland corporate diversity training class and tried starting fights. The tell here is "yo…
This tweet was unsurprisingly prescient: https://twitter.com/campster/status/894749657091284992
Wingnut welfare is an important, underrated feature of the modern U.S. political scene. I don’t know who came up with the term, but anyone who follows right-wing careers knows whereof I speak: the lavishly-funded ecosystem of billionaire-financed think tanks, media outlets, and so on provides a comfortable cushion for politicians and pundits who tell such people what they want to hear. Lose an election, make economic forecasts that turn out laughably wrong, whatever — no matter, there’s always a fallback job available.
https://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/04/25/wingnut-welfare...
http://gizmodo.com/fired-google-memo-writer-took-part-in-con... > Fired Google Memo Writer Took Part in Controversial, 'Sexist' Skit While at Harvard for Which Administration Issued Formal Apology
It doesn't seem like a massive deal according to what they state: he made a joke and it wasn't well received. They never say what the joke is or what about it was sexist.
http://gizmodo.com/fired-google-memo-writer-took-part-in-con... > Fired Google Memo Writer Took Part in Controversial, 'Sexist' Skit While at Harvard for Which Administration Issued Formal Apology
The salient excerpt: > while they described the skits as typically a “roast,” they emphasized that “the goal is not to offend.” Really just seems like some more character assassination by Gizmodo.
You can't kill something that's dead.
This tweet was unsurprisingly prescient: https://twitter.com/campster/status/894749657091284992
http://gizmodo.com/fired-google-memo-writer-took-part-in-con... > Fired Google Memo Writer Took Part in Controversial, 'Sexist' Skit While at Harvard for Which Administration Issued Formal Apology
The salient excerpt: > while they described the skits as typically a “roast,” they emphasized that “the goal is not to offend.” Really just seems like some more character assassination by Gizmodo.
This tweet was unsurprisingly prescient: https://twitter.com/campster/status/894749657091284992
Wingnut Welfare is a real thing: Wingnut welfare is an important, underrated feature of the modern U.S. political scene. I don’t know who came up with the term, but anyone who follows right-wing careers knows whereof I speak: the lavishly-funded ecosystem of billionaire-financed think tanks, media outlets, and so on provides a comfortable cushion for politicians and pundits who tell such people what they want to hear…
Earlier quoted context omitted.
The salient excerpt: > while they described the skits as typically a “roast,” they emphasized that “the goal is not to offend.” Really just seems like some more character assassination by Gizmodo.
> more ... assassination You can't kill something that's dead.