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fche on Aug 13, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why I Was Fired by Google

> "honest discussion is being silenced"

I'm pretty sure that being fired - having pitchfork crowds go after you and people who agree - is close enough to being silenced.

notacoward on Aug 14, 2017 [–]

The memo was written before that, and one extreme case does not prove a general trend. If one person is ejected from a concert or rally or trial for being disruptive, does that prove there's a general conspiracy against people with the same beliefs?

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