Recently I wrote how Google - a once great company - couldn't be trusted with a monopoly on search results: https://steemit.com/technology/@purpleprose/google-cannot-be-trusted-with-a-monopoly-on-search-results-no-one-can

Today it became clear that this was even worse than I expected. With the firing of James Damore Google has shown that it is not only unworthy of trust to keep the internet open and balanced but it's a company that's been taken over by hard-left ideological purists who cannot even entertain the idea of someone having differing opinions.

I read some of the James Damore memo and while I do not agree with some of it; there was absolutely nothing in what I read that was hateful or merited dismissal. It was a reasonable, well-written point of view from a conservative.

I'm not a conservative, a socialist or anything really. I see every ideology as flawed so I pick parts that I like when they make sense. I've been called a right-wing shitlord and a pinko commie more than once online, but I've never wanted someone to lose their job based on their opinions. I don't understand this need for purity of thought or else.

If you look at some of the reactions from his fellow Google employees online; many of them seem gleeful that he was fired. This is the real "hatred". This is hatred wearing altruistic clothes.

These are the people we've allowed to control the gateway to everything we see online:

What do you think Steemians? Can't people tolerate different opinions anymore without wishing terrible repercussions on those who see things differently?