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by randallsquared 3149 days ago
> This should go without saying, but you made a new account to say that.

...due to fear of the consequences of publicly holding a non-mainstream opinion in a culture-war subject, I assume. While I agree that merely being contrarian doesn't make the GP right, I also believe that calling them out for trying to protect themselves isn't very helpful.
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aaron-lebo 3149 days ago
They've got nothing to protect themselves from. It's not hypocritical for that same poster to accuse others of cowardice and then hide in anonymity?
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zaptheimpaler 3149 days ago
They were criticizing a media outlet for not posting an original source, they used the word cowardice but its very different from the sense you use it - as a label of a personal behavior rather than a company. So it doesn't seem particularly hypocritical to me. When Damore is being tried in the court of public opinion, it matters a whole lot that the media publishes something different from what he wrote.

Many people such as Damore, have had their careers destroyed over saying things that are not "correct". Those on the "correct" side face no such consequences. So yeah hiding in anonymity makes a whole lot of sense for one side and is completely unnecessary for the other.

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aaron-lebo 3149 days ago
If you can't accept the unintended consequences of your actions, don't take action.

Most jobs will fire you for being a nuisance. James was at Harvard and Google, he should be fine landing on his feet.

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zaptheimpaler 3149 days ago
Yeah, well they didn't take the action of posting publicly to avoid said consequences just as you suggest, which you then criticize them for.
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