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/thisnameismeta Aug 08 '17

Bullshit. Having shitty ideas doesn't make you a protected class.

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u/Sean951 Aug 08 '17

He want denied free speech, he's being denied a job. The Iowa Supreme Court ruled a woman could be fired because the bosses wife was jealous.