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Misconduct would be expressing these views under his blog while putting emphasis on Google and blaming his company for what he finds unreasonable.

He used internal messaging services. Someone leaked the document. That "someone" is sitting in his/her office today getting no punishment whatsoever.

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I haven't read the code of conduct, and I'm disappointed the person was fired, but I presume there's a clause about saying bigoted things. And people consider parts of what he said bigoted.

> And people consider parts of what he said bigoted.

Is it enough for some people to consider it that?

Consider gay marriage. Each side thinks the other is being bigoted towards some group. Do we just take people's words for it?

I agree. I'm just stating a possible justification for dismissal.

Looking at the response in this friend it is worringly normal to let you ever get most easily offended define what is reasonable.

This only leads to people getting increasingly sensitive over increasingly minor things and it's a vicious circle.

So how do we break it? How do we re-establish open discourse?

I consider what you just said as bigoted. You should apologize and fall on your sword for my feelings.

Its intetesting how in the last couple years bigot has been redefined from "someone who is not tolerant of the opinions of others" to "anyone who disagrees with leftist moral thought"

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