Interview with Brian Amerige, the former Facebook employee whose memo accusing the company of being a political monoculture led to fierce internal debate
AT ONE POINT this summer, Brian Amerige seemed destined to become the next James Damore. — Like Damore, the Google engineer who wrote … Tweets: @lizthegrey , @carnage4life , @caitlin__kelly , and @anildash Tweets: Liz Fong-Jones / @lizthegrey : ... how can someone intellectually honestly endorse attacking the “idea” of sexual orientation and gender identity as being possible to do separate from attacking trans/GNC and LGBQ+ people? agggh. [hint: they can't intellectually honestly do so.] http://twitter.com/... Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life : The biggest problem with political discourse in America which has existed since the country was founded is that “Should we treat minority group X like human beings?” is treated as a reasonable civil discussion topic with both sides takes honored. http://www.wired.com/... Caitlin Kelly / @caitlin__kelly : Brian Amerige might have seemed destined to be the “James Damore of Facebook”—but the company's leaders embraced him, he says, even as other employees called for him to be fired. New from @issielapowsky (with an assist from @nitashatiku) http://www.wired.com/... Anil Dash / @anildash : He got the front-page coverage he wanted and was able to recruit disgruntled dudes to his movmeent; getting fired is optional for that goal. The lesson is simple: you can embrace white supremacist media & Facebook leadership will support you. Nothing new there. http://twitter.com/...