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Google fires employee who protested Israel tech event, shuts forum

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Re: Google fires employee who protested Israel tech event, shuts forum

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Post by fny »

bluefishinit wrote: post #10
siva7 wrote: post #2

> Google fired an employee who disrupted an Israel executive’s conference keynote this week, CNBC has learned. Rightfully so. Name me the big tech company who wouldn't fire such an employee instantly.

Why would a big tech company be hosting an event with a state committing genocide? That (and working with said regime) is the problem, not people protesting. It's not possible to be a consumer brand and support Israel. The world is too divided and it's not getting any less so.

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Re: Google fires employee who protested Israel tech event, shuts forum

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Post by burkaman »

mise_en_place wrote: post #22

My old manager put it best: No politics and religion in the workplace. Seriously, it's as simple as that. We are here to work, not philosophize about politics and current events.

No religion is a good idea, but no politics is impossible unless you don't understand the definition of politics.

Re: Google fires employee who protested Israel tech event, shuts forum

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Post by c0mbonat0r »

bluefishinit wrote: post #28
c0mbonat0r wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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I don't agree with you and I'm actively boycotting all companies that work with Israel. This is why consumer brands can't support Israel, I'm not alone.

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Re: Google fires employee who protested Israel tech event, shuts forum

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Post by segasaturn »

Unfortunately lost in the debate over free speech & how private companies have a "right" to suppress people with certain viewpoints is the amount of power these tech companies have over us - I would argue that Google has more power over us now than King George III had over his subjects in 1773, and certainly has more power in stifling information and suppressing speech. Americans can tut-tut Russia and China for suppressing dissent, but American corporations are doing the same thing, just with a different coat of paint. New boss, same as the old boss.

Re: Google fires employee who protested Israel tech event, shuts forum

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Post by godelski »

siva7 wrote: post #2

> Google fired an employee who disrupted an Israel executive’s conference keynote this week, CNBC has learned. Rightfully so. Name me the big tech company who wouldn't fire such an employee instantly.

Lotta people reading this comment as if it is taking a moral stance (siding with Google). I didn't read it that way but rather as a comment on the state of the current environment. Did I misread?

Re: Google fires employee who protested Israel tech event, shuts forum

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Post by colechristensen »

Kapura wrote: post #8

>“This behavior is not okay, _regardless of the issue,_ and the employee was terminated for violating our policies.” There are some issues that are worth speaking up about. There are some issues that are worth being fired over.

How is this not just racist behavior?

An Israeli presenter who is based in Israel is being protested. Was there any connection beyond that to the war?

Re: Google fires employee who protested Israel tech event, shuts forum

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Post by wilg »

If this guy thinks what Google is doing is "powering genocide", and Google is not going to change what it does, then he is just saying he's not going to do his job, right? So this move allows him to not work on powering genocide.

I mean I’m sure he was hoping that it would change somebody’s mind, but you’ve got to know that’s a long shot.

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