Comment by nikolay | Hacker News Reader

Comment by nikolay | Hacker News Reader

A company that claims to embrace diversity does not tolerate a diverse opinion - right or wrong. I can understand why San Fran is so anti-conservative, but I cannot accept this blatant hypocrisy of being so intolerant and even aggressive towards those who dare to divert! Companies like Google do something worse than censorship - they induce self-censorship, which is something that even the Commies failed to accomplish! Let people think and say whatever they want and only judge them by their actions. The fragile society of today that can't accept anything, but an applause, is doomed! Okay, women, you disagree with his statement - prove him wrong, don't silence him up! If I ever wasted any effort on paying attention to what people think or say about me, my life would've been mostly wasted! Let people say or think whatever they want - I am personally okay with hate speech, too! I'd prefer somebody exhausting their hatred with words toward me than finding a more destructive outlet! I guess, our society today is less mature than ever! We have a bunch of crybabies that need "participation awards" and "goodie bags" and can't accept the realities of life!

>I cannot accept this blatant hypocrisy of being so intolerant and even aggressive towards those who dare to divert!

This is not about purging the company of people with different ideologies. This is about a person who thought it was appropriate to publicly question not just the ability of their co-workers, but whether they are fundamentally capable of performing.

Regardless of the accuracy of his statements, this was not the way to push for any change he might have been hoping to achieve

I read somewhere that apparently the document wasn't meant to be public, it was sent to a select group by the author and got leaked. So I wouldn't say it's a "public" document.

I can't edit my comment but I should have ended with "If true, I wouldn't say it's a public document."

I was raised during Communism in Bulgaria, and at that time, women had equal rights in my country unlike here in America or in some Western European countries! And this was the case well before I was born! Since 1945, women were stimulated to take traditionally male jobs - from operating heavy machinery to military training. My country was proud of women succeeding and even exceeding men in the full spectrum of life. But even during that well-established equality, women were nowhere to be found in Computer Science! It wasn't about abilities; it wasn't about opportunities - it was about desires and interest! Although many of the teachers were female, very few of the students were, too. And nobody - men or women, - thought something was wrong about that situation, and that something had to change! I believe there are a lot of parasitic organizations in the States that find existence in blowing non-issues out of proportions! Although we're equal in intellect, we're emotionally different, and we have different interests! So, to try to compensate for that artificially is harmful, not helping genders, races, or ethnicities in any way! If there are documented cases of bias, they need to be severely persecuted, but to "prove" bias by assuming that if mental abilities are the same, then women, blacks, and Bulgarians should be proportionally employed at Google as well, is a fallacy!

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