That article already had a huge discussion when it came out: 1418 points, 1601 comments.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39918245

And there have already been two big discussions about the Google protests, covering the employees' arrests and their subsequent firings:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40060532

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40072295