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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 10 Aug 2017

    When Google silences dissent, it bodes poorly for the rest of us http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2017/08/08/when-google-silences-dissent/yBgdbKEKOkLIWfwAsSRCRL/story.html?event=event25?event=event25 … via @BostonGlobe

    4:28 AM - 10 Aug 2017
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    87 replies 554 retweets 1,030 likes
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      2. Jared Cosulich‏ @jaredcosulich 10 Aug 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        What if someone at Google expressed the opinion that Jews were evil or homosexuals were abhorrent? Would the same reasoning apply?

        5 replies 0 retweets 19 likes
      3. Mr Beastio‏ @JWakefield82 10 Aug 2017
        Replying to @jaredcosulich @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        Well those statements are absurd opinions that are unfalsifiable. Damore's argument is rather compelling… hurt feelings aside.

        6 replies 0 retweets 16 likes
      4. Jared Cosulich‏ @jaredcosulich 10 Aug 2017
        Replying to @JWakefield82 @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        Doesn't matter. The argument is about the free expression of ideas, not whether they are falsifiable or not.

        2 replies 1 retweet 4 likes
      5. Mr Beastio‏ @JWakefield82 10 Aug 2017
        Replying to @jaredcosulich @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        A company should be free to fire someone who they disagree with. It's a very ugly look though. All coders should stand with James Damore

        2 replies 0 retweets 7 likes
      6. Jared Cosulich‏ @jaredcosulich 10 Aug 2017
        Replying to @JWakefield82 @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        I'm a coder and I don't stand with Damore. If you go around pissing off your coworkers that's plenty reason to be fired.

        3 replies 0 retweets 19 likes
      7. Mr Beastio‏ @JWakefield82 10 Aug 2017
        Replying to @jaredcosulich @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        Maybe those holding endless seminars about the cis hetero white men are pissing off a lot of their colleagues enough to be fired, no?

        1 reply 0 retweets 9 likes
      8. Jared Cosulich‏ @jaredcosulich 10 Aug 2017
        Replying to @JWakefield82 @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        It's certainly possible that someone could be pissing off their colleagues no a range of issues, yes.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      9. Jay‏ @jihad4jesus 10 Aug 2017
        Replying to @jaredcosulich @JWakefield82 and

        So majority hurt feelings matter, not minority hurt feelings. And don't use logic to tease out when to stand up for what. Got it.

        1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
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      2. The Deathly Pallor‏ @hayBEARS 10 Aug 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        if I ran a hospital, I wouldn't retain a doctor who revealed they thought babies came out of people's butts.

        1 reply 2 retweets 16 likes
      3. The Deathly Pallor‏ @hayBEARS 10 Aug 2017
        Replying to @hayBEARS @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        similarly, an engineer who thinks women's brains are unsuitable for engineering is fundamentally unqualified to work as an engineer.

        1 reply 0 retweets 12 likes
      4. The Deathly Pallor‏ @hayBEARS 10 Aug 2017
        Replying to @hayBEARS @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        these are not articles of "dissent," they are fundamental misunderstandings of really important parts of someone's job.

        0 replies 0 retweets 10 likes
      5. End of conversation
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      2. Geoffrey Miller‏Verified account @primalpoly 11 Aug 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @NAChristakis @BostonGlobe

        Google fired Damore in retaliation against him reporting their illegal discriminatory practices. Everything else is a smokescreen, IMHO.

        4 replies 11 retweets 47 likes
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      2. spooky year round‏ @PossibleMermaid 11 Aug 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        Getting fired for stating that 1/3of your colleagues are genetically inferior, + displaying ignorance of your job, is not being "silenced".

        2 replies 0 retweets 12 likes
      3. spooky year round‏ @PossibleMermaid 11 Aug 2017
        Replying to @PossibleMermaid @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        I get that this is confusing for people who have never been told that they are genetically inferior, as a class, but it's not that confusing

        0 replies 1 retweet 10 likes
      4. End of conversation
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      2. Michelle Wetzler‏ @michellewetzler 10 Aug 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @zach_hustles @BostonGlobe

        These views aren't suppressed. Plenty of people in tech believe this; it is debated constantly. Don’t you understand Google’s position here?

        4 replies 0 retweets 9 likes
      3. Zach Cook  ☕️‏ @zach_hustles 10 Aug 2017
        Replying to @michellewetzler @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        Finding it hard to discuss over 140 characters. why google thought firing him was the right move, I mean. Would love to know exactly why.

        3 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Michelle Wetzler‏ @michellewetzler 10 Aug 2017
        Replying to @zach_hustles @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        The manner in which this teammate chose to raise this viewpoint was extremely disruptive and insensitive to his team.

        1 reply 0 retweets 9 likes
      5. Vote Yes on Prop C and 10!‏ @christineliuart 11 Aug 2017
        Replying to @michellewetzler @zach_hustles and

        If I sent a vegan manifesto using a Google Listserv that wasted the working hours of hundreds of employees I'd likely be fired too.

        1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
      6. Zach Cook  ☕️‏ @zach_hustles 11 Aug 2017
        Replying to @christineliuart @michellewetzler and

        This wasn't just some random information he sent to waste everyone's time. It was relevant to problems he saw in the company

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      7. Vote Yes on Prop C and 10!‏ @christineliuart 11 Aug 2017
        Replying to @zach_hustles @michellewetzler and

        Google provides free food. If vegan food were served, costs would be down. Vegans live longer. Google employees would live longer.

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      8. Vote Yes on Prop C and 10!‏ @christineliuart 11 Aug 2017
        Replying to @christineliuart @zach_hustles and

        His personal opinions of what role gender plays in his peers' work lives is as irrelevant as his opinions of what people should eat.

        0 replies 0 retweets 7 likes
      9. End of conversation

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