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by tnone 3225 days ago
He didn't aim to piss off all his coworkers, he posted a memo in an internal forum designated for that explicit purpose, i.e. "skeptics". It was the sjw-types clutching pearls who sent it around and who leaked it to the press.

Damore engaged within the reasonable rules of debate. The people who disagreed turned it into a witch hunt and the media piled on with misrepresentation.

Damore is not the only person with agency at Google. Pinning it all on him as a scapegoat is ridiculous.