[ PFIR ] Let's Be Very Clear About What Happened to James Damore (was Re: [ #$%& ] ...)

[Shawn K. Quinn]

On 01/19/2018 05:19 PM, #$%&#$ %&#$%&#$ forwarded a fraudulently edited
and basically #$%&ed-up to #$%& version of Lauren Weinstein's original
post to the PFIR (People for Internet Responsibility) mailing list.

The original version is below.

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Subject: [ PFIR ] Let's Be Very Clear About What Happened to James Damore
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2018 13:44:18 -0800
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Let's Be Very Clear About What Happened to James Damore

https://gizmodo.com/lets-be-very-clear-about-what-happened-to-james-damore-1822160852

  	To be totally clear, Damore is not a victim of censorship. He
	did some stupid shit and got fired (more on that later). Here's what
	Damore really is: a splashy get who Wired gave free reign to espouse
	his nonsense within the context of a fluffy magazine package. It's
	hard not to walk away from the thing feeling like Damore is some kind
	of hero--a champion for freedom of expression.  To understand why
	Damore's insertion into the narrative of censorship is disconcerting,
	it's important to look at how his notoriety unfolded ...

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Wired gets it wrong. Gizmodo gets it right.
RELATED: In Support of Google's Culture -
https://lauren.vortex.com/2018/01/12/in-support-of-googles-culture

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