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I'm surprised they didn't just move him to a worthless team and let him languish until he moved on.

Perhaps generating training data for AI-based toilet scrubbing robots.

You see the lose-lose situation they're in? The SJW are demanding his head on a pike, yet Google knew that if he sued he'd probably win.

In the end they washed their hands of him.

They'd rather deal with one lawsuit from him than the hundreds from every person who has ever worked with him that isn't a white male.

Well now, there's a reason to hire folks like me. "Dude, I'm an able-bodied middle-aged cis het white man. If you ever get tired of me, you can just show me the door. I've got no recourse. Legally speaking, this is as safe as it gets."

And if they fire you then their diversity quota actually improves.

See? See? Staying or going, I'm an asset to the company.

I just want to point out how funny it is that people are afraid of mass-hysteria.

Where are the adults in the room? Or anywhere, for that matter. Where are the people who make decisions without first considering the Satanic Panic? They certainly are not publicly visible in our global society at the moment. The handling of this issue is an indictment of calm and concerted leadership on the International stage. We are clearly missing our Leaders.

Surely firing him and dealing with the lawsuit is far less expensive than having to deal with the fall-out from SJWs? This seems like it's primarily a business decision rather than one based on keeping within the law or not doing evil.

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