PJW Takes On The Google Memo Fiasco – And You NEED To Hear It

James Damore, a former Google engineer was fired for writing and circulating an internal memo titled “Google’s Ideological Echo Chamber,” where he addresses Google’s “politically correct monoculture”:

I value diversity and inclusion, am not denying that sexism exists, and don’t endorse using stereotypes. When addressing the gap in representation in the population, we need to look at population level differences in distributions. If we can’t have an honest discussion about this, then we can never truly solve the problem. Psychological safety is built on mutual respect and acceptance, but unfortunately our culture of shaming and misrepresentation is disrespectful and unaccepting of anyone outside its echo chamber. Despite what the public response seems to have been, I’ve gotten many personal messages from fellow Googlers expressing their gratitude for bringing up these very important issues which they agree with but would never have the courage to say or defend because of our shaming culture and the possibility of being fired. This needs to change.

It goes on for ten pages.

He was promptly fired, which only succeeded in proving his point.

Paul Joseph Watson explains why the implications of this stretch FAR beyond one man losing his job.

Please, please, please, please watch this. THIS is why the google thing is important.