I'm losing my mind with the number of scientists in my orbit who don't see a problem with the insanely bad Google engineer memo
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Replying to @beausievers
Which seems to be most of what I've seen from senior, mostly male academics who support the letter/are against the firing.
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Replying to @micahgallen
Charitably this is because they genuinely feel threatened that someone will mistake the merely offensive (a bad joke) for the truly harmful
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Replying to @beausievers @micahgallen
Ppl like Damore should be seen as the bigger threat—by constantly equivocating they increase the effort required to make this distinction
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Replying to @beausievers @micahgallen
Like, as an offensive joker myself I hope it is easy for people to see that the spirit of my jokes is fundamentally good-hearted
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Replying to @beausievers @micahgallen
Sending you vibes of empathy and support.
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Also FWIW I have also seen women ECRs sadly, not just senior men thinking the memo is "not that bad".
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Replying to @o_guest @micahgallen
I've seen this too. I suspect at least some ppl support Damore because they don't want to be seen as unserious about sex differences...
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...in an environment where big guys like Pinker are working to shape public opinion.
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"guys like Pinker" are certainly to be called out
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