Google removes its head of diversity after 2007 blog post surfaces

Post by Siira » Thu, Jun 03, 2021, 4:41 PM UTC

chewmieser wrote: post #315

frockington1 wrote: post #195

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And that is why I stopped calling myself a progressive years ago. In my youth I thought progressive meant trying to continually better yourself and your community. Now the focus seems to be on cancelling any viewpoint that conflicts with yours. The new trend of digging further and further back in the past makes it even more counter to my previous beliefs of the word

I just don't understand this viewpoint as it completely ignores the history of humanity. "Cancel culture" has been used for many centuries to silence dissenters. Take a look at Galieleo as an example. He was excommunicated or "canceled" by religious organizations that held the primary means of power. He was even forced to recant his positions by these groups. How is this any different than today?

Post by fouric » Thu, Jun 03, 2021, 4:41 PM UTC

f38zf5vdt wrote: post #519

world_peace42 wrote: post #498

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That definition is neither empirical, nor is it collectively defined. It is selectively assigned and selectively enforced. And here we are, in a thread where the top level post provides an obvious example.

Miriam Webster also seems to agree. [1] https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/cancel-culture...

Post by csa » Thu, Jun 03, 2021, 4:41 PM UTC

stickfigure wrote: post #447

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> How is that anything except Anti-Semitic? As you frame it, there is no other way to interpret his words (found here: https://web.archive.org/web/20210601160519/https://www.kamau... ). If one takes a charitable read of his words, it might be less damning (although definitely questionable in terms of style): 1. It’s clear in the post that he’s speaking about Israeli Jews. While even Israeli Jews are not monolithic, a…

I find the whole thing offensive in concept, even if he had used "Israeli" instead of "Jew". If some white dude wrote " If I was a Black, I would find it increasingly difficult to reconcile the long cycles of oppression that Blacks have endured and the insatiable appetite for crime that permeates inner cities ", we would rightly castigate him as a virulent racist. It also wouldn't matter if you replaced "Black" with…

Post by andrei_says_ » Thu, Jun 03, 2021, 4:42 PM UTC

lgleason wrote: post #247

Live by the sword, die by the sword. That said, firing him, like they did with Damore would have been more consistent. Because everyone is under arbitration agreements that always benefit the company, vs the courts where you might have a shot at justice, they have no incentive to do that. As repugnant as his past anti-semitic rant was, people change and sometimes say and do stupid things. In a sane world this guy wou…

Post by tootie » Thu, Jun 03, 2021, 4:43 PM UTC

refurb wrote: post #225

siculars wrote: post #135

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If you were your ancestors who were "run out of town on a rail" you would care very, very deeply about your familial bond to Israel. Like yours, my family was run out of town. Unlike yours, many in my family did not run fast enough. If only there was a place they could run to either as first resort or when quota had been reached in other places. If only there was a place that could make running a specific people out…

Despite the downvotes this post has a point - if you want to protect your religion/ethnicity you have to do it yourself. Rise of anti-semitism in Europe - nothing is done Jews seek safety in other countries - immigration denied Holocaust happens - world sympathizes and moves on Israel is under no illusions as to what happens if they don’t have a home and defend it. I kind of don’t blame them for ignoring the worlds c…