As Twitchy reported, the Google employee who wrote an “anti-diversity memo” suggesting biological differences between men and women are the reason there are fewer women in technical fields was fired, and Google CEO Sundar Pichai addressed the controversy with his own memo saying the employee had crossed the line by “advancing harmful gender stereotypes.”
Plenty have noted that by firing James Damore over a memo in which he criticized Google as “an ideological echo chamber,” the company just proved him right.
In fact, plenty of people who seem to think they’re defending Google are doing just the opposite. NPR, for example, talked to a former Google software engineer who claimed that some women stayed home from work Monday because they were so upset over the memo.
A former Google software engineer says some women at the company skipped work today, upset by the leaked memo. https://t.co/Uuvd5CBKv7
— NPR (@NPR) August 8, 2017
https://twitter.com/BixterN/status/894719522686377985
Yep.
https://twitter.com/hannahbleau_/status/894960987375378432
Only women, huh?
Sorta proves the very point of the memo… that men and women are wired differently.https://t.co/4yxcFYrGDx
— BonkPolitics (@BonkPolitics) August 8, 2017
https://twitter.com/jeffgiesea/status/894722202079293442
A neurotic reaction, if you will…
— IronSuit (@trevorf84) August 8, 2017
An ovary-action?
— Evil Red Kid (@_SOURKIDZ_) August 8, 2017
Thanks for reinforcing the “women are emotional and can’t hack it” stereotype, you weaklings. Next time, read the actual memo. Dumbasses. https://t.co/JKhE5E2DuQ
— Courtney Kirchoff (@Courtneyscoffs) August 8, 2017
https://twitter.com/LauraButler6/status/894720135843508224
Nothing says "I'm as capable as a man" like skipping work because of something someone with no power in your company wrote. https://t.co/N2RsP2OLfO
— NeoN: Automataster (@neontaster) August 8, 2017
One dude out of 10s of thousands of employees writes something they don't agree with, and they are too upset to go to work? Come on, folks.
— Calvin Wells (@CalGTR) August 8, 2017
https://twitter.com/PantsThreeZone/status/894733407305027584
You just proved what you so desperately wanted to disprove wasn't true.
— Lulu Lapin (@Lulu_Lapin) August 8, 2017
And they perpetuate the stereotype that women can't handle stress and pressure as well as men. Good job ladies.
— Kenny (@fufucuddilypoof) August 8, 2017
And they perpetuate the stereotype that women can't handle stress and pressure as well as men. Good job ladies.
— Kenny (@fufucuddilypoof) August 8, 2017
https://twitter.com/michaeloferwins/status/894978724952588289
Seriously?!? Do they need their security blankets to go to work now?
— Tom (@RoninVision) August 8, 2017
I'm sure Google will provide the blankets tommorow…with the appropriate logo of course
— Craig Kline (@cikline) August 8, 2017
Oh, hey. It's encouraging that these women are refusing to become emotional or overreact over someone's well presented argument. ?
— Andromeda Mary Regina (@mea_maxima) August 8, 2017
Remember this the next time we discuss the "wage gap," where these poor souls stayed home because of a memo.
— Felipe (@PXM_2_SD) August 8, 2017
So much for "Powering Through" and "She Persisted", huh?
— John Cereghin (@Pilgrimway) August 8, 2017
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WOW! SJWs dogpile PROGRESSIVE dad after he calls Google out for sending his daughter the wrong message https://t.co/1S0pFRqLKx
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) August 8, 2017