So, I explain that because I study evolutionary biology, population data is a little bit of a specialty of mine. And if you read the memo, dear sister, you'd know that James' goal was to INCREASE diversity at Google and in tech companies. "You did actually READ the memo, right?"
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"I'm not having this conversation with you." "If you just--" "I am NOT having this conversation with you." For an hour up until this point we were having a really fun conversation, jumping between work and school experiences. Now we were sipping our beers in silence.
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It's clear that whether it was the media, or maybe her coworkers who were well intentioned but uninformed, had given her the standard narrative about how much of a misogynist Damore was. I'm smart enough to have predicted that.
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But I'm clearly dumb enough to have believed that she would listen to me. Even just a little bit. She knows that I'm socially liberal. That I'm tolerant. That I don't take bullshit. We were just joking earlier today about how cool the "gay-borhoods" are in our respective cities.
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I chose not to press the issue. It wasn't the right time, nor the right place. I say that as if I'm going to ever bring it up again. As if there is a right time or a right place. I most likely won't, and there probably isn't.
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I just... I feel defeated.
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I have the courage to tell the world how I feel about this issue. I thought. But then I remember that I'm pseudonymous. I'm just a coward who hides behind a screen name, and I was just reminded why. I don't even have the courage to stand up to my own little sister.
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Are my ideas even worth anything if I can't share them with those who are closest to me? If the people who are supposed to be there to listen to me won't give me the courtesy, then what's even the point? I don't know.
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I just know that I have even more respect for the people who put their names and reputations on the line to speak out. People like
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I definitely need to sleep on this. Maybe I'll feel better in the morning. Maybe not.
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I don't know your account, but reading this makes me think you don't have confidence in your own positions (I mean, Damore is wrong to promote diversity as positive--don't accept the enemy's incorrect frame). You probably need to drop the moderation and just go in deeper.
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