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There are simply too many examples of people who are canceled to fully include here. They include public figures who voiced the wrong opinion; public figures who voiced the right opinion but in the wrong way; intellectuals exploring ideas unwelcome in the community in which they work; positive contributors to society that made off-color jokes years ago that suddenly have to pay for it now; politicians whose unwanted sexual advances in the workplace were likely one the least abhorrent things they’ve done in their careers; comedians, actors, journalists, businessmen, businesswomen, scientists, lawyers, doctors, teachers, celebrities, and countless everyday people you’ll never hear about. With that in mind, here are a few…

NAME: James Damore, former Google engineer

DATE(S): August 7th, 2017

“CRIME”: Critiquing Googles approach to its diversity program.

SYNOPSIS: When a Google diversity program solicited feedback, Mr. Damore shared an internal memo arguing that while discrimination exists, it is incorrect to assume that it is responsible for all demographic disparities within the workforce. Instead, he argued that a notable degree of male/female disparities among software engineers can be explained by biological differences; primarily female statistic preference in people rather than things, as well as differing statistical distribution in personality traits that would favor alternative fields of pursuit than software engineering.

Shortly after circulating within an internal company mailing list, a version of the memo (omitting cited sources) was published by Gizmondo, quickly going viral and causing controversy on social media. Mr. Damore was fired remotely 2 days later.

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