“Google’s Ideological Echo Chamber” memo goes viral, usual suspects outraged

Biggest lickspittle on boardz · 06-08-2017 6:49pm #1

Google employees and Silicon Valley pundits are reacting with outrage to a 10-page document written by a Google engineer that criticizes the company's "left leaning" culture, taking aim at company policies meant to foster a more diverse workplace.

The document, which was first reported by Motherboard and published in full by Gizmodo, was written by a Google engineer and went "viral" inside the company on Friday. The engineer's identity has not been revealed, but he reports to Google VP Ari Balogh, who is listed on Crunchbase as the company's executive VP of storage infrastructure products.

It argues that differences in pay between men and women in the technology sector are not entirely related to bias against women, but are partly attributable to biological differences between the genders. It also called on Google to "stop alienating conservatives" and calls into question practices like "unconscious bias" training for committees that promote employees.

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/05/google-engineer-posts-anti-diversity-treatise.html

A full copy of the 10 page memo is available here:
https://gizmodo.com/exclusive-heres-the-full-10-page-anti-diversity-screed-1797564320/amp

It makes you wonder if the (soon to be ex) employee has a point. I would argue that diversity programs and 'unconscious bias' courses are doing more harm than good at this point. This identity politics nonsense is something that really has no place in a business or work environment. The best person should get the job, end of. Gender quotas are, by their very nature, a form of discrimination.

No doubt the man will now be exposed, fired, possibly prosecuted, and subjected to an online witch hunt and twitter lynch mob.

brevity · 06-08-2017 6:55pm

I hope the person isn't fired and Google try to organise some sort of open mike thing for people to have a proper discussion.

It seems like a fairly well put together piece that should foster dialogue rather than outrage.

Also, the author is definitely a fan of Jordan Peterson.

strandroad · 06-08-2017 6:59pm

So his points are "De-emphasize empathy" and then "Stop alienating conservatives". Etc etc. Empathy is bad, unless it's for conservatives. Diversity is overrated, unless it's to include more conservative thought. Got it.
I hope this guy is not in engineering, because his logic fails...

Randle P. McMurphy · 06-08-2017 7:04pm

"I value diversity and inclusion, am not denying that sexism exists, and don’t endorse using stereotypes. When addressing the gap in representation in the population, we need to look at population level differences in distributions. If we can’t have an honest discussion about this, then we can never truly solve the problem."

We can't and we won't.

Biggest lickspittle on boardz · 06-08-2017 7:21pm

strandroad wrote: »

So his points are "De-emphasize empathy" and then "Stop alienating conservatives". Etc etc. Empathy is bad, unless it's for conservatives. Diversity is overrated, unless it's to include more conservative thought. Got it.
I hope this guy is not in engineering, because his logic fails...

Diversity is meant to involve everyone, including those that you don't like.
Freezing out conservatives because you dislike them is pathetic, dangerous, and discrimination.

wes · 06-08-2017 7:22pm

Employees should do there job and not engage this kind of political nonsense. If an employee has issues with how things are run, talk to management and not use company resources for political purposes.

Honestly if he did use company resources and time Google can probably fire him on that alone.

When at work, it's best to leave your politics at the door, be it left or right.

wes · 06-08-2017 7:29pm

Biggest lickspittle on boardz wrote: »

Diversity is meant to involve everyone, including those that you don't like.
Freezing out conservatives because you dislike them is pathetic, dangerous, and discrimination.

They should do politics in there own time imo. Same goes for anyone else. It a work place not a political convention.

strandroad · 06-08-2017 7:29pm

Biggest lickspittle on boardz wrote: »

Diversity is meant to involve everyone, including those that you don't like.
Freezing out conservatives because you dislike them is pathetic, dangerous, and discrimination.

Eh it's him questioning diversity and empathy, not me.

Biggest lickspittle on boardz · 06-08-2017 7:34pm

wes wrote: »

Employees should do there job and not engage this kind of political nonsense. If an employee has issues with how things are run, talk to management and not use company resources for political purposes.

Honestly if he did use company resources and time Google can probably fire him on that alone.

When at work, it's best to leave your politics at the door, be it left or right.

The problem here seems to be that it is impossible to leave politics at the door, for the simple reason that mandatory ideology courses are being forced down the employees throat in the form of diversity quotas, unconscious bias training, gender quotas, political correctness, and other absurd ideological doctrines.
It is a dangerous, dangerous move when companies start pushing their liberal politics onto their employees.
And you can bet that simply being neutral will have you marked an 'not being a team player'.

Biggest lickspittle on boardz · 06-08-2017 7:37pm

wes wrote: »

They should do politics in there own time imo. Same goes for anyone else. It a work place not a political convention.

I agree, the workplace is not the place for politics.

Widdershins · 06-08-2017 7:40pm

He's complaining about the politics in his workplace so how can he not bring politics into it.

Wombatman · 06-08-2017 8:03pm

Widdershins wrote: »

He's complaining about the politics in his workplace so how can he not bring politics into it.

Although they often say "your views as an employee are important to us" companies are not democracies. If the powers that be at Google aspire to a left or right or whatever culture, that's their business. We can endorse or reject this with our behavior and euros.

Very naive of an intelligent, analytical, leader to think that this document would lead to some kind of Gerry McGuire moment within the company. Might have been better served posting on Boards.ie and not a company forum.

Manic Moran · 06-08-2017 8:06pm

Without entirely endorsing the document (There are certainly some parts of it I personally would not stand behind), as a general concept, he has some points. I work in another Bay Area tech company, and there is no doubt that the overall culture (as opposed to individuals within it, though they are also) is left-leaning. Unusually, our customer demographic is actually conservative, and it has been cringeworthy watching some of the 'experts' attempting to understand the demographic they are focusing on. The concept of needing more intellectual diversity is not exactly a new one, example http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gad-saad/intellectual-diversity-on_b_6525538.html

As a rule, we generally keep politics out of the office. It's not an official policy, nobody has, to my knowledge, ever been chastised for the occasional Bernie sticker, or I saw a "I stand with standing rock" T-shirt on Friday. (Though the General Manager did have a sort of unofficial policy against doing anything in North Carolina). However, I am a little more centrist than most Bay Area folk. I'm not a trump-flag-waving MAGA follower, just on occasion I take positions which are not well-thought-of by the average San Franciscan. On the rare occasions that a topic of discussion comes up, I counsel myself to either just shut the hell up, or to choose my words with extreme care. I get the impression that my more left-leaning colleagues feel under less compunction to watch what they say, because they know they will receive general approval for their position. It's difficult to explain why I feel like any non-conformist opinions will be unwelcome, but after working here over 5 years, I'm fairly sure they are.

odyssey06 · 06-08-2017 8:16pm

strandroad wrote: »

So his points are "De-emphasize empathy" and then "Stop alienating conservatives". Etc etc. Empathy is bad, unless it's for conservatives. Diversity is overrated, unless it's to include more conservative thought. Got it.
I hope this guy is not in engineering, because his logic fails...

How is diversity that doesn't include diversity of thought real diversity?
Seems entirely logical to me that diversity must encompass different opinions.
I'm an engineer, but it shouldn't need an engineer to figure that one out.

"If everybody's thinking alike, somebody isn't thinking."

Biggest lickspittle on boardz · 06-08-2017 8:21pm

Wombatman wrote: »

Although they often say "your views as an employee are important to us" companies are not democracies. If the powers that be at Google aspire to a left or right or whatever culture, that's their business. We can endorse or reject this with our behavior and euros.

Nope. A company cannot discriminate on the grounds of their employees political views. Punishing employees because of their (non-hateful) political views is a major no-no.
Also, a company is responsible to its shareholders and clients. Therefore, transparency is in their best interests.

Very naive of an intelligent, analytical, leader to think that this document would lead to some kind of Gerry McGuire moment within the company. Might have been better served posting on Boards.ie and not a company forum.

And yet here we are talking about it, and the memo has gone viral around the world. So he has achieved precisely what he set out the do, and healthy debate that was previously stifled is now taking place.
Objective achieved. Thank God for the internet, the enemy of authoritarians everywhere.

super_furry · 06-08-2017 8:21pm

Reads like the kind of manifesto that the alt-right lads around here would love.

Biggest lickspittle on boardz · 06-08-2017 8:28pm

super_furry wrote: »

Reads like the kind of manifesto that the alt-right lads around here would love.

And we're off!

Why bother providing intelligent counter-arguments when you can throw about the alt-right bogeyman label...

SterlingArcher · 06-08-2017 8:29pm

brevity wrote: »

I hope the person isn't fired and Google try to organise some sort of open mike thing for people to have a proper discussion.

It seems like a fairly well put together piece that should foster dialogue rather than outrage.

Also, the author is definitely a fan of Jordan Peterson.

I doubt that. Outrage seems to trump reasonable debate nowadays. Feelings trump facts.

Google has shown its hand. And it's is playing sjw now.

If I had to guess this engineer had insight into questionable suspensions of accounts across googles platforms. Basically cutting off people with differing views to as some would put it.. far left.

This kind of cult like closed minded approach to hushing up people who think differently. is no better than people blindly repeating after the good reverend "god hates queers" in a church of some back water town.

Diversity my ass.

wes · 06-08-2017 8:35pm

Biggest lickspittle on boardz wrote: »

The problem here seems to be that it is impossible to leave politics at the door, for the simple reason that mandatory ideology courses are being forced down the employees throat in the form of diversity quotas, unconscious bias training, gender quotas, political correctness, and other absurd ideological doctrines.
It is a dangerous, dangerous move when companies start pushing their liberal politics onto their employees.
And you can bet that simply being neutral will have you marked an 'not being a team player'.

Then quit and get another job. How companies run there company is up to management. You have plenty of conservative companies in the US btw, who push for conservative laws etc. Singling out liberals is bull****.

Again, leave your personal politics at the door. If the company is so beyond the pale, then works elsewhere. The world doesn't need this culture war bull**** in the workplace. It will cause issues like the guy at Google has and has given them bad publicity.

Biggest lickspittle on boardz · 06-08-2017 8:38pm

Manic Moran wrote: »

Without entirely endorsing the document (There are certainly some parts of it I personally would not stand behind), as a general concept, he has some points. I work in another Bay Area tech company, and there is no doubt that the overall culture (as opposed to individuals within it, though they are also) is left-leaning. Unusually, our customer demographic is actually conservative, and it has been cringeworthy watching some of the 'experts' attempting to understand the demographic they are focusing on. The concept of needing more intellectual diversity is not exactly a new one, example http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gad-saad/intellectual-diversity-on_b_6525538.html

As a rule, we generally keep politics out of the office. It's not an official policy, nobody has, to my knowledge, ever been chastised for the occasional Bernie sticker, or I saw a "I stand with standing rock" T-shirt on Friday. (Though the General Manager did have a sort of unofficial policy against doing anything in North Carolina). However, I am a little more centrist than most Bay Area folk. I'm not a trump-flag-waving MAGA follower, just on occasion I take positions which are not well-thought-of by the average San Franciscan. On the rare occasions that a topic of discussion comes up, I counsel myself to either just shut the hell up, or to choose my words with extreme care. I get the impression that my more left-leaning colleagues feel under less compunction to watch what they say, because they know they will receive general approval for their position. It's difficult to explain why I feel like any non-conformist opinions will be unwelcome, but after working here over 5 years, I'm fairly sure they are.

I can totally understand why you would do this, I've had to bite my lip a few times on matters where I held a reasonable but unpopular viewpoint. The mob cannot be shouted down, and they get very, very aggressive when they are called out. They operate on feelings, rather than logic.

But at the same time, isn't this how a bully operates? To create an atmosphere of fear and tension so that their authority won't be challenged. As Sun Tzu said, they highest level of fighting is not to fight at all. Terrorise your opponent psychologically so that they are completely dominated.

odyssey06 · 06-08-2017 8:46pm

wes wrote: »

The world doesn't need this culture war bull**** in the workplace.

It's Google you need to tell that to though. The engineer guy didn't start the fire, he just shouted fire.

Smurfette principle · 06-08-2017 8:50pm

Biggest lickspittle on boardz wrote: »

I agree, the workplace is not the place for politics.

I agree, if people stopped bringing their personal life into their workplace then employers wouldn't be put in a position where being bias against someone they are interviewing for a new job for their political affiliation or sexual orientation or whatever might actually save them hassle in the long run. Simple fact is you are there to do a job so do your job and keep all your personal **** for at home where all your imaginary friend in your head are willing to construct you a soapbox to stand on.

Stuff like this annoys me especially the whole sense of entitlement people seem to think they have where they never think "Ok this is my job so I should leave my personal stuff at the front door and just get on with it" and instead think "HEY LOOK AT ME! I WANT TO BE HEARD AND IF I'M NOT HEARD THEN I'LL SUE FOR DISCRIMINATION" and I know from experience because I'm Transsexual and a contract software tester and I am pretty damn good at it but in some cases that doesn't matter because some people just won't hire me based on the actions of other Transsexuals in the past doing this exact same **** of going into a job and within days forcing their political agenda on others and then tarring us all with the same bloody brush and making finding a job just that little bit harder but in their heads they are doing us a favor because they never see the reality beyond the 2 foot circle where the world revolves around their own head.

super_furry · 06-08-2017 8:52pm

Biggest lickspittle on boardz wrote: »

And we're off!

Why bother providing intelligent counter-arguments when you can throw about the alt-right bogeyman label...

Oh I couldn't be remotely arsed getting involved in any kind of argument over nonsense like this - from any angle. People are so entrenched with this kind of stuff in their mindsets that no-one is ever going to win an argument and neither side are ever going to concede a point. Plus alt-right lads are weirdos.

odyssey06 · 06-08-2017 8:54pm

super_furry wrote: »

Oh I couldn't be remotely arsed getting involved in any kind of argument over nonsense like this - from any angle. People are so entrenched with this kind of stuff in their mindsets that no-one is ever going to win an argument and neither side are ever going to concede a point. Plus alt-right lads are weirdos.

Despair not, if you cannot respond to someone's argument with intelligent responses, you can always call them names.

If you can't be remotely arsed getting involved in any kind of argument over nonsense, what are you remotely doing here???

wes · 06-08-2017 8:55pm

odyssey06 wrote: »

Tell that to Google. The engineer guy didn't start the fire, he just shouted fire.

Management can run there company how they see fit. An employee trying to start some culture war bull**** doesn't get to decide that.

Some people need to grow the hell up and understand that when you work for some one else, you are there to implement what they hire you for. Your personal politics is irrelevant.

super_furry · 06-08-2017 8:57pm

odyssey06 wrote: »

Despair not, if you cannot respond to someone's argument with intelligent responses, you can always call them names.

If you can't be remotely arsed getting involved in any kind of argument over nonsense, what are you remotely doing here???

Chilling out, killing time.

dav3 · 06-08-2017 9:06pm

Google will do whatever makes Google the most amount of money. If those decisions upset some little alt-right fella sitting at his desk, they don't give a f*ck. If those decisions upset someone on the opposite end of the political spectrum, they don't give a f*ck. Their shareholders don't give a f*ck, their executives on big bonuses don't give a f*ck.
It's Google, an American company, land of the free, land of capitalism, land of we don't give a f*ck as long as the money keeps rolling in.

odyssey06 · 06-08-2017 9:07pm

wes wrote: »

Management can run there company how they see fit. An employee trying to start some culture war bull**** doesn't get to decide that.
Some people need to grow the hell up and understand that when you work for some one else, you are there to implement what they hire you for. Your personal politics is irrelevant.

No they can't. That's why we have workplace legislation to protect employees' rights.
If they only want liberals, they should advertise as such, except they couldn't cos that would breach workplace legislation.

Last time I checked Google wasn't a political party.
You are there to implement the goods and services that they hire you for.
Their politics should be irrelevent.
If their CEO wants to promote a particular political view, that's what outside office hours are for, his personal time and personal resouces.

Do you think under "running their company how they see fit" should mean a company should be able to hire only Republicans, for example? Or white people? Or men only???

wes · 06-08-2017 9:24pm

odyssey06 wrote: »

No they can't. That's why we have workplace legislation to protect employees' rights.

Where did I say they can violate the law? They can do as they please otherwise, as long as there share holders are ok with it. So unless your management or a shareholder you don't have a say. It's not a democracy.

odyssey06 wrote: »

If they only want liberals, they should advertise as such, except they couldn't cos that would breach workplace legislation.

They want people to do the job they are hired for and not piss off there fellow employees with a personal political screed. Again, people need to grow up and realize when you work for some else you do the job your hired for.

If your discriminated against then by all means take them to court. I am against anyone violating employee rights, but this case isn't an example of that at all. Again, share holders and management get to decide how the company is run and not some random engineer. I doubt they would get very far with any judge.

odyssey06 wrote: »

Last time I checked Google wasn't a political party.
You are there to implement the goods and services that they hire you for.
Their politics should be irrelevent.
If their CEO wants to promote a particular political view, that's what outside office hours are for, his personal time and personal resouces.

Management can run the company as they see fit and as long as the share holders are on board and what they do makes than money, they won't care. If diversity programs make Google money, the they will do them. There are plenty of conservative companies in the US that push there politics as well. It's not a unique thing at all.

BTW, Google is being investigated for under paying female employees. So a diversity program is probably just a way to try and make themselves look good to the investigators. Some random engineer has now gone and probably messed that up due to there inability to act like an adult and do there job.

odyssey06 wrote: »

Do you think under "running their company how they see fit" should mean a company should be able to hire Republicans, for example?
Or white people? Or men only???

Now your talking bull**** as Google wasn't talking about not hiring anyone nor has anyone else on here. Seriously this is exactly the reason why stuff like this has bo business in the workplace as someone will fly off the handle and make up some garbage to argue against as opposed to dealing with reality.

Again never said anyone can violate the law.

Wombatman · 06-08-2017 9:35pm

odyssey06 wrote: »

No they can't. That's why we have workplace legislation to protect employees' rights.
If they only want liberals, they should advertise as such, except they couldn't cos that would breach workplace legislation.

Last time I checked Google wasn't a political party.
You are there to implement the goods and services that they hire you for.
Their politics should be irrelevent.
If their CEO wants to promote a particular political view, that's what outside office hours are for, his personal time and personal resouces.

Do you think under "running their company how they see fit" should mean a company should be able to hire only Republicans, for example? Or white people? Or men only???

This guys beef is ostensibly Google's affirmative action policy. That is Googles choice and it does not contravene employment law.

Biggest lickspittle on boardz · 06-08-2017 10:00pm

wes wrote: »

Then quit and get another job. How companies run there company is up to management. You have plenty of conservative companies in the US btw, who push for conservative laws etc. Singling out liberals is bull****.

Again, leave your personal politics at the door. If the company is so beyond the pale, then works elsewhere. The world doesn't need this culture war bull**** in the workplace. It will cause issues like the guy at Google has and has given them bad publicity.

Funnily enough, one of the 'outraged' Google employees is already throwing a tantrum and threatening to quit because someone broke the echo chamber. I trust you'll offer them the same advice?

https://twitter.com/rakyll/status/893287112732291072

osarusan · 06-08-2017 10:06pm

Usual suspects outraged on boards too I see.

wes · 06-08-2017 10:23pm

Biggest lickspittle on boardz wrote: »

Funnily enough, one of the 'outraged' Google employees is already throwing a tantrum and threatening to quit because someone broke the echo chamber. I trust you'll offer them the same advice?

https://twitter.com/rakyll/status/893287112732291072

You mean find another job? That's exactly what they say there going to so. So there already doing what I suggested people go do.

BTW, your just confirming what I said early, the political screed is causing trouble with other employees.

Probably doesn't look good to the people investigating Google for under paying female employees either.

A lot of trouble due to one engineer being unable to act like an adult and do there job.

Manach · 06-08-2017 11:43pm

I find the refrain that the engineer should in essence knuckle down and not rock the boat about the constant politicisation of his/her workplace not at all surprising. This is in line with do as I say not as I do that Progressive always project on their ideological oppenents.
In context, from its earliest days (as per the excellent book “How Google works”) this company has had a policy of “Don’t be evil” and has in cases walked away from economically important markets, such as China, so as not to compromise this. On the other, Google (as the owner of Youtube) has of last week been increasing its use of Shadowbanning/Locking out prominent creators who are not part of the politically mainstream - such as Dr. Jordan Peterson.
Either way, the IT industry appears to be one of main friction points in the Culture debate.

Silver Lynel · 07-08-2017 2:36am

super_furry wrote: »

Reads like the kind of manifesto that the alt-right lads around here would love.

Why is it "alt-right" and not just "right"?

I'm not sure I understand the difference.

SterlingArcher · 07-08-2017 3:18am

I love the irony of it all. Diversity training to try get people to understand that people are different and accept those differences. Yet suspension of accounts of people that think differently.

Nothing irrational to see here.

ED E · 07-08-2017 3:27am

Efffin snowflakes.

You don't HAVE to work for Google.

somefeen · 07-08-2017 4:01am

I admit I only skim read it but its not exactly Mein Kampf.

LionelNashe · 07-08-2017 4:07am

I thought that was a very well-argued piece, even if some of the premises were doubtful. Echo chambers are a real problem for the left and the right. I think the problem is worst in the US but the internet is spreading it. Every time I see an Irish poster on an Irish thread accusing somebody of being alt-right or a snowflake I groan.

I especially liked this bit:

Left Biases
Compassion for the weak

Disparities are due to injustices

Humans are inherently cooperative

Change is good (unstable)

Open

Idealist

Right Biases
Respect for the strong/authority

Disparities are natural and just

Humans are inherently competitive

Change is dangerous (stable)

Closed

Pragmatic

I'm still scratching my head about whether positive discrimination is a good thing or not. I'm sure that discrimination from unconscious biases is real, but I think the solution is to get rid of the unconscious biases, rather than to try and counter them by introducing another form of discrimination. Maybe the effect would be the same in either case though.

Biggest lickspittle on boardz · 07-08-2017 10:36am

Well this is a troubling development.
I did a little bit of digging, and it turns out Google has assembled a crack squad of the most extreme, mentally unstable, and highly irrational fanatics from the regressive left and is now working with them to 'fight online abuse'. (i.e. censor everyone they don't like).
We're talking intellectual midgets like Zoe Quinn, Anita Sarkeesian, and a host of other social justice warriors that you wouldn't leave your kids with.

Nothing to see here, folks. Just normal, rational, totally not radical elements having access to the largest information control platform on the planet. They totally won't abuse their position to push their politics onto users.

https://twitter.com/jigsawteam/status/646783722570682369?lang=en

Things are starting to make sense now. No wonder people are fed up.

Mrs OBumble · 07-08-2017 11:31am

Biggest lickspittle on boardz wrote: »

Nope. A company cannot discriminate on the grounds of their employees political views. Punishing employees because of their (non-hateful) political views is a major no-no.
Also, a company is responsible to its shareholders and clients. Therefore, transparency is in their best interests.

Ahh, sez who?

I don't know American employment law, but in Ireland the things you cannot discriminate on are listed below (source). Ethical beliefs, political beliefs and political party membership are not included. This means they are fair game: employers CAN discriminate based on these.

As for saying that people should just leave their beliefs at the door and do their job. Huh? Maybe it works if you're a network engineer or similar technical role. But if you're any kind of manager or in a role with any kind of soft decisions, then it's not possible. Hell ... even if you're a network engineer, unconscious bias can affect what you do - eg if you have an underlying belief that first-language English speakers are better at their jobs, you'll likely take less notice of questions raised by non-native English speakers, even if those questions are the very issues you're supposed to fix.

What you cannot discriminate on in Ireland:

Gender: this means man, woman or transsexual
Civil status: includes single, married, separated, divorced, widowed people, civil partners and former civil partners
Family status: this refers to the parent of a person under 18 years or the resident primary carer or parent of a person with a disability
Sexual orientation: includes gay, lesbian, bisexual and heterosexual
Religion: means religious belief, background, outlook or none
Age: this does not apply to a person aged under 16
Disability: includes people with physical, intellectual, learning, cognitive or emotional disabilities and a range of medical conditions
Race: includes race, skin colour, nationality or ethnic origin
Membership of the Traveller community.

FraR · 07-08-2017 1:07pm

I saw what some news outlets were saying about this and I'm kinda pissed. He didn't say "diversity is bad" he said diversity mandates that discriminate against certain groups are bad. He didn't say "all women value people and men things" he said men and women value those things relatively in relation to each other. People are not reading this article except for where he violates their own biases, namely in suggesting that biological differences between men and women exist. Even if he is wrong about some of the claims he made, they were made in the most respectful method possible. The hostile reaction to this is the best evidence that he is onto something.

A Little Pony · 07-08-2017 1:41pm

When they say diversity they mean left wing group think, ostracizing others who disagree, left wing views only.

wes · 07-08-2017 1:45pm

Biggest lickspittle on boardz wrote: »

Well this is a troubling development.
I did a little bit of digging, and it turns out Google has assembled a crack squad of the most extreme, mentally unstable, and highly irrational fanatics from the regressive left and is now working with them to 'fight online abuse'. (i.e. censor everyone they don't like).
We're talking intellectual midgets like Zoe Quinn, Anita Sarkeesian, and a host of other social justice warriors that you wouldn't leave your kids with.

Nothing to see here, folks. Just normal, rational, totally not radical elements having access to the largest information control platform on the planet. They totally won't abuse their position to push their politics onto users.

https://twitter.com/jigsawteam/status/646783722570682369?lang=en

Things are starting to make sense now. No wonder people are fed up.

So nice of you to ignore your sides stalking, death and rapes threats against these Women. Not to mention the potentially deadly swatting campaign's. Sure nothing to see here, alt right hate campaign's clearly don't exist for you. Tells us a lot when people ignore why these people are there in the first place.

A Little Pony · 07-08-2017 1:49pm

Biggest lickspittle on boardz wrote: »

Well this is a troubling development.
I did a little bit of digging, and it turns out Google has assembled a crack squad of the most extreme, mentally unstable, and highly irrational fanatics from the regressive left and is now working with them to 'fight online abuse'. (i.e. censor everyone they don't like).
We're talking intellectual midgets like Zoe Quinn, Anita Sarkeesian, and a host of other social justice warriors that you wouldn't leave your kids with.

Nothing to see here, folks. Just normal, rational, totally not radical elements having access to the largest information control platform on the planet. They totally won't abuse their position to push their politics onto users.

https://twitter.com/jigsawteam/status/646783722570682369?lang=en

Things are starting to make sense now. No wonder people are fed up.

It's people like that which is why Trump won. People being told for years what to do, what to say, how to think, what is acceptable to say, everyone is racist if you disagree, capitalism is evil and the people outside the left wing enclaves had just had enough and so much so they voted in a reality tv star to be President.

I always said the people who are responsible for Trump are the ones who hate him most and whined the most after the result, it's their fault.

Biggest lickspittle on boardz · 07-08-2017 1:55pm

wes wrote: »

So nice of you to ignore your sides stalking, death and rapes threats against these Women. Not to mention the potentially deadly swatting campaign's. Sure nothing to see here, alt right hate campaign's clearly don't exist for you. Tells us a lot when people ignore why these people are there in the first place.

What the fcuk do you mean by 'your side stalking, death and rape threats against these Women'? I'll give you one chance to edit that.

wes · 07-08-2017 2:01pm

Biggest lickspittle on boardz wrote: »

What the fcuk do you mean by 'your side stalking, death and rape threats against these Women'? I'll give you one chance to edit that.

Why would I do that? Why have you chosen to ignore the rape and death threats that these women recieve? You know the reason they are there in the first place. Also, whether you like it or not the death and rapes threats came from people opposed to feminism, you can't really pretend otherwise.

Explain why you have chosen to ignore the facts or the ongoing threats against these women.

Malayalam · 07-08-2017 2:04pm

wes wrote: »

Why would I do that? Why have you chosen to ignore the rape and death threats that these women recieve? You know the reason they are there in the first place. Also, whether you like it or not the death and rapes threats came from people opposed to feminism, you can't really pretend otherwise.

Explain why you have chosen to ignore the facts or the ongoing threats against these women.

Though she is not my favourite human Katie Hopkins has been threatened to be raped with a machete, plus other awful threats. Threats of rape or murder come from all sides to all sides, so don't ''pretend otherwise''.

A Little Pony · 07-08-2017 2:05pm

wes wrote: »

Biggest lickspittle on boardz wrote: »

What the fcuk do you mean by 'your side stalking, death and rape threats against these Women'? I'll give you one chance to edit that.

Why would I do that? Why have you chosen to ignore the rape and death threats that these women recieve? You know the reason they are there in the first place. Also, whether you like it or not the death and rapes threats came from people opposed to feminism, you can't really pretend otherwise.

Explain why you have chosen to ignore the facts or the ongoing threats against these women.

They came from lunatics first and foremost. A bit like Linda Sarsour and the other left wing loonballs.

Silver Lynel · 07-08-2017 2:16pm

wes wrote: »

So nice of you to ignore your sides stalking, death and rapes threats against these Women. Not to mention the potentially deadly swatting campaign's. Sure nothing to see here, alt right hate campaign's clearly don't exist for you. Tells us a lot when people ignore why these people are there in the first place.

I asked this further up the thread and never got a reply. Maybe you have answers?

Why is it "alt right" and not just "right"? I'm not sure I understand the difference.

Other questions I have for you:

Are there women on the alt-right?
Do people (men or women) on the alt-right get any kind of harassment and abuse?

If the alt-right is that posters side and the left (alt-left?) is your side then are you aware of any bad behavior coming from your side and do you ignore that behavior?

Silver Lynel · 07-08-2017 2:20pm

wes wrote: »

Why would I do that? Why have you chosen to ignore the rape and death threats that these women recieve? You know the reason they are there in the first place. Also, whether you like it or not the death and rapes threats came from people opposed to feminism, you can't really pretend otherwise.

Explain why you have chosen to ignore the facts or the ongoing threats against these women.

As another poster mentioned, people like Katie Hopkins get threats all the time. Where do you stand on that?

You have clearly picked a side here but it looks like both sides consist of some pretty awful individuals. So why pick a side at all?

I hope your answer isn't something like "well, both sides are bad but my side isn't as bad as their side".

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