Bombshell Report: Wait Until You See How Many Google Employees Donated to Democrats

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  1. ModCon

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    https://pjmedia.com/election/bombsh...ee-political-contributions-went-to-democrats/

    To say that Google et al. has a problem with diversity is an understatement. It would appear that these companies are nearly homogenous in the ideological sense. The most important type of diversity is the type they least embrace. Big Media befriending Big Government... nothing to worry about I suppose...
     
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    Well if they didnt they would prob. Not have a job there.
     
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    Not surprised. Especially after the censorship stuff coming out.
     
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    I went there over a decade ago as I was representing a Project Management company. The campus is a bit strange with a bunch of one story buildings, scooters, and beach cruisers (community). They had a full arcade (free), buffet with other cooks (free), and a whole lot more. The staff are a bunch of spoiled *******. They were real turds to talk to and thought they were smarter than they are. They do not use Project Management, but subscribe to "Organized Chaos"... in other words total bullshit... they have more money than they know what to do with so, they don't have to be efficient, or cost effective.

    I think they could be declared a monopoly as their market share is enormous and they are predatory. Leftist hate monopolies... unless it is run by other Leftists, so watch them defend Google.

    I could go into my nephew that worked for them, but I should leave family out of it.
     
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    You have to tred lightly for sure, or you'll get the James Damore treatment.
     
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    You are correct; since they've done nothing illegal so therefore there is nothing to worry about.
     
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    It's easy for you to be dismissive, because you're ideologically aligned. For someone like myself, it's disconcerting to see the extent by which the biggest internet media companies are aligned with a single political party, the same party which always wants more money and less freedom.
     
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    How many Fox tv people contribute to the R party?
     
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    How many Fox tv people or talk radio people contribute to the R party vs the D party?
    Does that concern you? I bet not.
     
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    This is laughable. The same report could be made about other industries and their respective party favorites. It's only being made about Google right now because our ultra-sensitive toddler-in-chief cannot tolerate people who don't worship the ground he walks on and eat up all his alternative reality nonsense.
     
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    You're both making horrible comparisons. It's not even apples and oranges, it's apples and potatoes. There is no conservative equivalent that's as entertwined with the average person's life, which has the same influence. Yep, there are people like the Kochs who donate huge amounts of money, and there's Fox and Drudge, but they're simply news sources, not interactive platforms like youtube, fb, twitter.
     
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    How do you know?
     
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    Know what?
     
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    Well, conservatives could get off their arses and create search engines ... but I guess they want this one handed to them. They aren't willing to work for it. They just want to whine
    until somebody gives it to them ...

    Just thought they would like to hear how they sound every ****ing time they bitch about liberals not working for something.
     
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    You could've at least put some effort into it. Conservatives complain about people who could work, but scam the welfare system, we complain about people who want equal outcome rather than equal opportunity. That's a far cry from saying that conservatives should simply quit pointing at what google, fb, twitter, etc are doing, and just build our own monopolistic tech platforms.
     
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    Not being dismissive; instead being honest and realistic. When it comes to AM radio, a vast majority of the stations are ideologically aligned with a single political party; is that an issue for you as well? The same party that wants to take away free speech, a woman's right to choose and implement fascist ideology & indoctrination of the American people.
     
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    I didn't know Fox had monopoly on the internet on how people received information. When did that happen?
     
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    Lol, AM radio? Who's listening? That's not even close to reasonable comparison. I'd wager that radio in general, digital included, probably slants left. I wouldn't be surprised if NPR alone has a larger audience than all conservative AM programs.

    Ok...
    I'm not allowing the thread to drift, so here's my response, and that'll be all I say. First, the conservative opposition to abortion has nothing to do with controlling women, it's about protecting innocent lives. There's no cabal of evil cis-gendered conservative men who're plotting out ways to "control women's bodies". A fetus isn't a woman's body anyways, plus that fetus required the dna of some man... who if he wants the child to live, should have a ******med say.

    Second, conservatives are definitely not trying to censor free speech, the exact opposite is true, it's the other way around. Conservatives aren't trying to take away 2A rights, we're not trying take away anymore money from the people, we're no where near suggesting that industry should be centralized. We're supporting the opposite things that facists support. It's progressives who attack free speech, gun ownership, and the free market. You've literally got it backwards.

    Again, not allowing thread drift...
     
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    :mrgreen:

    It should be disconcerting. Good.
     
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    AM Radio has a base listenership of close to 60 million people per week compared to approximately 38 million readers of the print media; a vast majority of the AM stations are talk-formatted and program conservative talk radio.

    http://www.insideradio.com/who-s-li...cle_a65caa4a-54b6-11e7-b58d-df9c58fd262d.html



    Okay, I'll end this part of the thread by saying you know your right and likewise I know I'm right, therefore we'll have to agree to disagree.
     
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    Oil companies also donate to Dems, or do you not remember that BP was the biggest donator to Obama and Obama signed off their new lease right before their platform exploded and spewed oil into the gulf for weeks.
     
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    I think you touched on an important reality in this day and age.

    Google, Facebook, Twitter, are indeed businesses, but their reach and use is so prevalent throughout the US and the World, it could be argued they are no longer just private businesses, but part of the fabric of the public, and the way the public communicates.

    To me, that means censorship and bias take on new importance.

    For example, the phones we use are tied into businesses who provide the services we use when making phone calls. What if those businesses decided they would no longer allow certain people access, because they don't like their agenda, or affiliation, etc.? They are private businesses after all, so why couldn't they do that?
     
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    Not really. Democrats waged war on energy producers. Energy producers are acting in their best interest as a business. Google has been proven to be biased to push any agenda that actually hurts their business. Not remotely comparable.
     
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    How do you know what the political donation patterns are of other businesses to the point that you can claim there is no conservative parallel to Google?
     
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