That the company bestows powers on "social justice warriors" (as is demonstrated for example by implementing their demands for diversity trainings) and put me at the mercy of these people (whom I consider borderline insane)?
I am stating the fact that I would feel unsafe working for a company like Google. Whether my feeling of being unsafe is warranted is up for discussion. That I have the feeling (or expect to have it) is a fact.
By the way, forcing people through diversity training is also like that: it is saying "you are racist and need to be reprogrammed". That is likewise not a good entry for discussion. Except that compared to my comment on an internet forum, it is official company policy.
I'm just suggesting you might want to take some time to be introspective. Personally, I read many of your comments as emotionally charged personal opinions rather than 'rational thoughts for discussion'.
I'm not going to invalidate what you feel, but I do suggest that you might not be effectively translating those feelings into rational discussion points as much as you think you are?
I am emotionally charged on that subject, yes - but that is after years of dealing with it.
I think Damore made a pretty good effort at putting his thoughts into rational discussion points, and it didn't help. I think to make any headyway on that topic, if it is possible at all, will require psychology, not rational arguments.
And you still won't say exactly how diversity training affects your safety. You can simply attend and listen without venturing any risky comments.
However, as I said, I think Google is entitled to do it in their own way. I just personally don't want to work for a company that doesn't employ rational thought and discussion for trying to solve problems.
I am not proposing to implement a law that forces companies to allow open discussions. I am just saying I personally don't want to work there.
Diversity training and safety - I wrote it elsewhere. It signals "this is SJW territory". In a similar vein you could say "why does a Swastika tattoo make you feel unsafe? Just don't say you are Jewish or homosexual".
Swastikas make Jews feel unsafe because Nazis kill Jews (even today).
Diversity training and social justice are not killing anyone, nor are they anti-anyone.
"When you are used to privilege, equality feels like oppression." Not sure who said that, but it seems applicable to your mindset here.
If a company publicly hires James Damore now, SJWs will probably launch a campaign against that company sooner or later, so I wonder how employable he is these days?
It's only because they don't have enough power yet that more people haven't died.
Analogy to the Holocaust: of course it is not the same thing, I was using an extreme example to make the point obvious.
Nevertheless, SJWs are not a force of good in the world. And "proactive social justice", as I said, is just a way to mark the territory and grasp power.
""When you are used to privilege, equality feels like oppression.""
That's just a lame bullshit excuse to not look at what is actually happening. Discrimination is discrimination, no matter if you do it in the name of good or not. If you prefer to hire non-white female people, you are racist and sexist. It's absurd that those same racist and sexist people then get to send normal people to diversity training and accuse them of being racist.
If you look at individuals, the injustice of the "proactive social justice" approach is patently obvious.