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Google exec fired after female boss groped him at drunken bash, suit says

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Re: Google exec fired after female boss groped him at drunken bash, suit says

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samanator wrote: post #317
grapehut wrote: post #72

These stories leave a bad taste in my mouth. It hasn't yet gone to court, so the guys allegations could be really be anything from the God's honest truth all the way to a complete fabrication. Yet there is a huge amount of irreparable damage by public stories like this. I was once personally on the receiving end of a complete false sexual harassment allegation from a coworker almost at random (someone I had almost no…

It's sad to me that the most upvoted comment in response to a sexual harassment is about false harassment claims. Imagine the roles were reversed and it were a woman being harassed. What would the response to this comment be?

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Re: Google exec fired after female boss groped him at drunken bash, suit says

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Post by heilei »

lambdasquirrel wrote: post #183
kodah wrote: post #18

Probably worth noting this story was first published by the New York Post. Take that for what you will. That said, this is a pretty wild turn of events. From the initial and continued sexual harassment/assault to the racism, and subsequent retaliation. More curious is the very direct "your team is too male" and the encouragement to fire someone. I've heard this hinted at before, but never said out loud for obvious re…

> Probably worth noting this story was first published by the New York Post. Take that for what you will. I think that even just five years ago I would’ve agreed with you on this, but when the attacks on elderly Asians began to happen during the pandemic, it was one of those painful things that it was the NY Post that could be counted on to make those visible. As I’ve gotten older, I haven’t become more conservative.…

> As I’ve gotten older, I haven’t become more conservative. But I’ve realized that the left side of the spectrum is a lot sicker than I realized when I was younger, and to not automatically discount everything that goes on in the right, wince-worthy as it may often be.

Changing perception is usually exactly how one would become more political.

Re: Google exec fired after female boss groped him at drunken bash, suit says

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Post by snshn »

I believe that!

Women can become extremely vindictive after getting rejected. A-type females with narcissistic tendencies who usually climb the corporate ladder extremely well are known for that.

Asian girls absolutely love European guys, and his sexual market value appears to be higher than hers (judging from the pictures).

If it all turns out to be true, I hope she gets prison time.

Re: Google exec fired after female boss groped him at drunken bash, suit says

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Post by moss2 »

grapehut wrote: post #72

These stories leave a bad taste in my mouth. It hasn't yet gone to court, so the guys allegations could be really be anything from the God's honest truth all the way to a complete fabrication. Yet there is a huge amount of irreparable damage by public stories like this. I was once personally on the receiving end of a complete false sexual harassment allegation from a coworker almost at random (someone I had almost no…

Rick & Morty creator Justin Roiland was charged last week with domestic violence, and Adult Swim has already cut all ties with him. Maybe he's a criminal asshole who deserves jail, or maybe he's innocent and a fabrication has ruined his career.

Re: Google exec fired after female boss groped him at drunken bash, suit says

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Post by qikInNdOutReply »

machina_ex_deus wrote: post #322
notrealme1234 wrote: post #133

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Didn't want to post from my main account to avoid any references and trails. It goes beyond just sexual harassment at work. I was accused by my ex wife. Even before any trials or anything: I lost my job, banks, housing and pretty much anything that requires a background check. I fought this for a year, and everything was dropped, because her friend came as witnesses and explained how she and my ex wife planned on set…

The real issue is that people stopped caring about whatever the justice system is going to decide. There's a new religion of social justice, and this religion is harsher than even the old religions. The old religions you were at least judged by an omnipotent being who could see the whole picture. This new woke religion have you judged by a dumb mob. Everyone's playing the judge and everyone's responsible to punishing…

Its a synthetic religion, alright, but it wouldnt have spread that much, if people were happy with the old religions.

At the core is the same mechanism working in other religions. Get the sexual different to provide matrimonial contract security (aka a proto law version), which now is replaced with a provide social security. I suspect, this is one of the reasons of record numbers of men dropping out of working society. When you goto work for nothing directly related to you, why work at all..

But at least it allows those enslaved for contract security, to remain free otherwise. And it is not as repressive when it comes to new things.

I still vividly remember the demonization of video games and all things new by evanglical religions. No fiction allowed by those, who life in fiction.

TL,DR; Yes, it is a religion, but of all the religions its the least worst.

Re: Google exec fired after female boss groped him at drunken bash, suit says

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Post by defrost »

koonsolo wrote: post #328
defrost wrote: post #310

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> 100% historically discriminatory to women You replied to a comment about historically - and what was once a pattern still persists to a lesser degree. The roots of higher education were laid with the exclusion of women baked in.

So women are now excluded from education like the olden days? Wtf?

Indeed .. why exactly would you think that?

Is this your thing is it, incorrectly framing what others write and then appending. Wtf?

Re: Google exec fired after female boss groped him at drunken bash, suit says

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Post by LtWorf »

Kiro wrote: post #143
rjzzleep wrote: post #116

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Last CCC I attended a free Assange activist told me that a lot of people approached her asking her why she would defend a rapist. Unfortunately for certain things one the damage is done most people will never notice when it changes. The thing that struck me as odd here is that the news article has photos and names. Not that it would make that much of a difference, but I do remember a time when suspects in the news wo…

You make it sound like the allegations against Assange were completely fabricated and factually false. The charges were dropped because the statute of limitations expired, but that doesn't say anything about his actual guilt/innocence.

The sex was consensual, the rape accusation alleged that he took his condom off without his partner consent.

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Post by jamesrcole »

tentacleuno wrote: post #325
thinking4real wrote: post #180

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You do you, but your inaction is going to ensure more and more men go through this.

That's unnecessarily judgemental and reeks of victim-blaming tbh. Would you say the same to a woman who has been raped?

They made a factual claim. It is either correct or incorrect. Are you saying it is incorrect?

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Post by diordiderot »

blindriver wrote: post #190
CoastalCoder wrote: post #95

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> Instead of an ad hominem dogwhistle I don't think that's what "dogwhistle" means. IIUC, dog-whistling is surreptitiously sending a message to some readers, but having plausible deniability and/or non-recognition for the rest of the readers.

To me, all these new terms that have no actual meaning to what they are trying to describe is very annoying. Terms like "phishing", "gaslighting", "bike shedding", "yak shaving", "dog whistle", "gatekeeping" are extremely confusing to understand because there's no direct connection to what they are trying to imply. You literally have to memorize what it means and it's generally unguessable.

That's what language is though.

Think of the word melancholy it has a complex definition and connotations but how could you guess what that means.

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