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by three_seagrass 2139 days ago
They're referring to James Damore being alt-right.

Kind of like how he soon after sued Google for discrimination for being "white male conservative" (which has not aged well).
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googthrowaway42 2139 days ago
Insofar as alt-right is a synonym for neo-Nazi that would certainly be a laughably ridiculous claim.
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three_seagrass 2139 days ago
That's why 'alt right' wasn't being used as a synonym for Neo-Nazis - that's your own straw man to laugh at.
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googthrowaway42 2139 days ago
Alt-right used to mean alternative-to-Boomer-conservative (i.e. right-leaning 4chan/meme culture) and then it meant neo-Nazi (e.g. Richard Spencer).

What does it mean to you?

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three_seagrass 2139 days ago
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Alt-right

By suing Google for discrimination against white conservative men, Damore fits this fairly well. That, and the alt-right podcasts he went on.

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