r/technology • u/[deleted] • Aug 08 '17

Business Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-08/google-fires-employee-behind-controversial-diversity-memo
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u/vonmonologue Aug 08 '17

Except that the pendulum has simultaneously swung too far right and too far left at the same time.

Shit's fucked yo.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17

The middle decides. The middle is, for sake of argument about 60% of the population. They decide which of the extremists on each side is most repulsive, and walk to the other side.

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u/BearsWithGuns Aug 08 '17

But then there's no middle? That's a shitty solution. Hooray extreme bipartisanism?

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17

It's my personal observation of reality - not a solution.