Outraged about the Google diversity memo?
I do not agree with a lot of points of that diversity memo but that means that it&#x27;s a topic that needs to be discussed instead of being censored and the author fired.<p>Discussion is how people change their opinion. It&#x27;s by being free to discuss and say what you think that you can exchange ideas with other people you disagree with and maybe change your mind once you understand their view point.<p>If you close discussion, then those opinions will be more radicalized and will tend to be discussed in echo chambers where people are not afraid of being shamed by their writings.<p>As Voltaire once said[1] &quot;I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it &quot; and I think, forgetting this, is what leads to Trump and to an increase of misogyny.<p>[1] It&#x27;s actually apocryphal, he never actually wrote or said that but it does illustrate his philosophy so wouldn&#x27;t have been out of character for him.