> As repugnant as his past anti-semitic rant was, people change and sometimes say and do stupid things. In a sane world this guy would not have been removed from his position and Damore would not have been fired. Instead we could have had a conversation to win hearts and minds, but today it is all about getting scalps, witch hunts and over-reaction. What we are currently doing sends people underground which radicalizes them more

EDIT: since this is heavily downvoted, I will remove the original text, as I feel I badly miscommunicated. It is obvious to me now that the words I selected really did not represent my intent. I did not intend to challenge the parent's assertion, but I completely understand why it would have been read as such.

Rest assured I understand why the quoted statement in the tabloids is perceived as antisemitic, and I didn't mean to imply otherwise! I was searching for some alternate explanation for why he wrote that specific phrase, because it was so beyond the pale and unlike the formulation he had used elsewhere in the post.

Please chalk this up to lessons learned on my part. Here's a link to the full version of the blog post where the excerpts may be read in context. [0]

[0] https://web.archive.org/web/20210602000424/https://www.kamau...