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by dbsmith83 1275 days ago
> Title VII carves out several opnions as, by law, not "valuable" in the sense that expressing them constitutes either harassment or creation of a hostile work environment. And doing business in America means complying with that law...

Yeah, but the thing is that what Damore did was nowhere near the criteria of title vii hostile work environment. You're making it sound as if there was some legal obligation for Google (or any other American business) to let him go, but there was not. It was cowering to activists which lead to the termination, not any legal obligation for doing business. The argument that it had anything to do with title vii holds no water for me
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shadowgovt 1275 days ago
Google's not obligated to figure out exactly where the line of legality is. Especially when they've already lost two candidates. They're not in the business of protecting the Damores of the world (nor should they be).

The title VII argument may hold no water for you. If you find a way into the NLRB board of judges, that may matter to companies.

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dbsmith83 1272 days ago
> Google's not obligated to figure out exactly where the line of legality is.

Sure, but it is in their business interests to have a good approximation for where the line is, hence why they have lawyers. My point is that from everything I have read about it, it doesn't even seem like they were close to said line

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shadowgovt 1272 days ago
Those lawyers, apparently, disagreed with that assessment (and the NLRB was on track to uphold there was no wrongful termination).
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