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>Damore does not fit into the neat ideological right or left classification

Lets see, his lawyer for this suit who is quoted a lot in the article:

>Harmeet Kaur Dhillon is an American lawyer and Republican Party official. She is the former vice chairwoman of the California Republican Party, and the National Committeewoman of the Republican National Committee for California.

Wonder if it was pro-bono.

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Damore hasn't said much of his idealogical beliefs publicly and I think it's unfair to criticize him on his choice of legal counsel because he just wants to be well represented which is his right. Regardless of your political beliefs Dhillon is an accomplished attorney. Other attorneys on the left in California don't want to touch the case because of the pearl-clutchers and public political implications so the enemy of your enemy becomes your friend.

> Damore hasn't said much of his idealogical beliefs publicly

That’s all he needs to say to make his beliefs clear. If the whole country (minus some “open-minded” tech bros) thinks you’re a sexist jackass and you do nothing to correct them, I wonder...

It's closer to 50/50 as to who takes your preferred media outlet's word for it that any given individual is a sexist jackass.

Why do his beliefs even matter? Are we supposed to burn him at the stake at the end if he's got the wrong ones?

"Wonder if it was pro-bono."

It was originally a class action[1]...that case still exists, just without Damore as the lead plaintiff.

So, perhaps originally on contingency.

[1] https://www.dhillonlaw.com/blog/news/google-damore/case-upda...

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