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Here, here. I’m a software engineer who happens to be a woman. Mr. Damore's piece didn’t offend me at all. There were parts I agreed with and parts I didn’t agree with. I’m more bothered by Google’s response(s) which seemed to reveal an incredible lack of critical reading ability, and far more disturbed by the levels of harshly enforced group-think that seem to increasingly dominate supposedly intelligent circles.

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same here, I am a software engineer who happen to be a woman. There are things I don't agree in Damore's article. But that's just his opinion and that's okay. However I have no words to describe how frustrated I am to see media twisting and portraying him into this pure sexist, using words like "Anti-diversity" in their headlines just to get views.

And what's even more frustrating is Google's response of firing him. It makes me scared of working in the tech industry, luckily, I am a "minority" in both gender and race. Yet I can't help but wonder, if someday I speak up about my different views than the vast majority of my company, am I going to get fired for it?

incredible lack of critical reading ability

When factoring in all the egregiously false headlines, news stories, tweets, etc. about this I think what is really going on is not lack of critical reading ability, but rather some people's willingness to tell outright lies and willful misrepresentations when someone points out aspects of reality that these falsehood peddlers would prefer didn't exist for whatever reason.

I wish there were more people like you. People able to have a better critical reading and don't fall quickly in easy offenses that might not even exists.

"Not bad for a girl"

oh shit I am going to be fired for this? I said people and I mean people, not girls or boys.

Of course you meant people ;)

But it's not like this thread is full of people saying the exact same thing who haven't declared they are women.

You’re just trying to give us another example of how to read something innocuous in an unreasonably negative light…right? ;)

I think I should reply to everybody who said the exact same thing with different world telling them that there should be more people like them. Maybe even create a community only for this type of people... or better not because I could be accused of discrimination.

Maybe I should delete my original comment but I might offend someone too if I delete it.

Life is complicated, I would jump from the window to end it but I think it will also offend someone.

Ok, fuck it. I am happy. I don't care!

Did you stop beating your wife?

It's pointless to claim "lack of critical reading ability" without presenting an argument, since anyone with critical reading ability would have to dismiss that statement as unsupported.

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