Microsoft Employee Disrupts 50th Anniversary and Calls AI Boss 'War Profiteer' (theverge.com)
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- News link: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/04/04/1841244/microsoft-employee-disrupts-50th-anniversary-and-calls-ai-boss-war-profiteer
- Source link: https://www.theverge.com/news/643670/microsoft-employee-protest-50th-annivesary-ai
> A Microsoft employee [1]disrupted the company's 50th anniversary event to protest its use of AI. "Shame on you," said Microsoft employee Ibtihal Aboussad, speaking directly to Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman. "You are a war profiteer. Stop using AI for genocide. Stop using AI for genocide in our region. You have blood on your hands. All of Microsoft has blood on its hands. How dare you all celebrate when Microsoft is killing children. Shame on you all."
[1] https://www.theverge.com/news/643670/microsoft-employee-protest-50th-annivesary-ai
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I hope you're posting from India because otherwise I have bad news.
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We live in a pretty sick country when an act of conscience, or having any standards at all, is itself seen as signs of a sickness.
Re: So what you're saying? (Score:2)
Did anyone teach you about Voltaire's attitude that "I may not agree with what you say but I will defend to death your right to say it"?
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You're right. She should have behaved as a peaceful Tibetan monk would have behaved if a deeply held principle was being disparaged: set themselves on fire.
Re:Yep. (Score:4, Insightful)
The only real difference between Hamas and Israel is that Hamas admits their goal is genocide.
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If Israel wanted Palestinians dead, the Palestinians would already be dead. Unless you're arguing that Israel somehow isn't good at killing Palestinians.
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You obviously haven't been watching the news.
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Well, last I saw the IDF has killed 47,540 Palestinians in response to the terrorist attack that killed 1200 people, so the IDF is retaliating at a rate of 40:1.
[1]https://israelpalestinetimelin... [israelpale...meline.org]
But that's an underestimate of the Palestinian deaths, since the bodies buried under rubble aren't yet counted. And there's a lot of rubble.
They are also blockading food shipments to Gaza, so potentially a million more could simply starve to death.
[1] https://israelpalestinetimeline.org/charts/
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"Well, last I saw the IDF has killed 47,540 Palestinians in response to the terrorist attack that killed 1200 people, so the IDF is retaliating at a rate of 40:1."
It's not a retaliation. This isn't a "prank" contest. It was a declaration of war. Hamas (the duly elected government of Gaza) committed an act of war and Israel responded to it.
In WWII, the US suffered about 400k casualties fighting on two fronts, Germany and Japan. Compared to about 10 million total for Germany and Japan. That's greater tha
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Israel has practiced a form of apartheid that would have embarrassed South Africa at its worst, from the day they first existed.
And they've been condemned by the US more than once for the land thefts, wherein their send armed soldiers to turn Palestinians out of homes they lived in for generations to give the land to Israelis.
Both sides are guilty of war crimes going back decades. Both sides have the blood of children on their hands, and Both sides know it, and embrace it.
There are no good guys. To at
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Sure. How does the fact that Israel offered to give the Palestinians land four times figure in that retoric? Ingenious tactical battle where they advance backward?
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Actually Israeli officials are pretty open about it now, too. You should look at some of the stuff that Ben Gvir spouts.
Re:Yep. Nope. (Score:2)
There is no moral equivalence, save that indoctrinated hatred and prejudice are part of the oral and written doctrine on one side only. As westerners we assume peace is the goal, but peace is the stated goal and part of the doctrine for... again, one side only. Explainer video. [1]https://www.youtube.com/watch?... [youtube.com]
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvew4-xyAeg
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You ignore the crimes against humanity that Israel has been condemned for by the UN, more than once.
And you will continue to do so.
There are no good guys. Both sides are engaging in genocidal war. There's no rational way to deny it.
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If Israel actually tried to genocide Palestinians, I'd expect more that a mere 1% death toll in a war Hamas started in the first place with an atrocity. Just pointing out the obvious.
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The day is young, and Israel's crimes against humanity go back to their earliest days, as do their Islamic neighbors crimes against them.
Re:Yep. (Score:4, Insightful)
What if I told you it's possible both parties are equally wrong? The small government conservative types won't say a goddamn word about the billions in taxes Israel gets to blow up poor brown people. Let Israel pay for their own munitions.
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> both parties are equally wrong
Can we just sticky this on everything and be done with it?
Please?
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> What if I told you it's possible both parties are equally wrong?
I'd tell you your definition of both "equally" and "wrong" are highly selective and likely formed from your extreme naivety and chronic malcontent.
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People who loudly defend Israel no matter what always have a moral cowardice and insincerity to them, but you've done them better by not even even having the courage to admit you're defending Israel.
"Sometimes you gotta take out the trash."
Yeah, Bibi calls it "moving the lawn" and you defend it just the same. Seriously, fuck you
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It's part of Isreal's [1]Project Gospel [wikipedia.org]
Here is a longer news article about Microsoft's involvement in picking targets in Gaza. [2]https://apnews.com/article/isr... [apnews.com]
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI-assisted_targeting_in_the_Gaza_Strip
[2] https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-ai-technology-737bc17af7b03e98c29cec4e15d0f108
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It was probably the outdated MS Pager 1999. I heard the software update was really explosive.
Re:Yep. (Score:4, Informative)
If Israel can deliberately [1]target [aljazeera.com] and [2]kill [aljazeera.com] [3]civilians [cnn.com], or uses them as [4]human [middleeasteye.net] [5]shields [haaretz.com], or [6]tortures [independent.co.uk] [7]doctors [middleeasteye.net], what is your issue with Hamas doing the same?
[1] https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed/2024/2/8/israeli-sniper-kills-palestinian-girl-in-front-of-gaza-hospital
[2] https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed/2025/1/20/palestinian-child-killed-by-israeli-sniper-despite-ceasefire
[3] https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/02/middleeast/israeli-precision-guided-munition-maghazi-deaths-intl/index.html
[4] https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-soldier-says-every-idf-unit-keeps-palestinian-human-shield
[5] https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-02-16/ty-article/idf-reportedly-used-elderly-gazan-as-human-shield-tied-explosive-around-his-neck/00000195-0e56-d1b4-a7fd-cf7742bf0000
[6] https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/palestine-doctors-israel-torture-gaza-war-b2725438.html
[7] https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/war-gaza-family-mourns-doctor-tortured-death-israeli-forces
TFS is missing context (Score:4, Informative)
From TFS, it's not at all clear why Ibtihal Aboussad did this. TFA quotes (apparently in its entirety) a long e-mail she distributed that clarifies things. TL/DR:
- she is objecting to Microsoft's supply of AI to aid Israel in its war against Hamas
- she describes the unbalanced situation in that conflict
- she points out that Microsoft has been less inclined to associate with conflicts in the past
Her e-mail is quite heated and biased, but it seems to be a clear presentation of her side of the issue. Now the discussion begins...
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> she describes the unbalanced situation in that conflict
I hate to break this to you, but wars are not about "balance".
Hamas started the war, and they are losing it badly. It's not up the victor - the innocent party, repelling the invaders and destroying their ability to invade - to hamstring themselves to make it somehow "balanced".
She's got a point (Score:5, Insightful)
People are comment about what "he" did, which demonstrates they didn't even read the article or watch the video before commenting - it was clearly a woman. The mass email she sent outlines very clearly why she did this, and it's really hard to refute anything she said. The AI work the engineers are doing are being used to transcribe & analyze communications which is being used to pick targets for what the international court has deemed genocide. Slashdot is a community of many engineers, so I'd imagine most can understand how this isn't a leap. If I was an engineer at a company building audio transcription systems, then found out that code was used to target a family and got a child killed, I'd be pretty damn furious too. That's just one example, they're using Microsoft's AI in a far broader sense to tech enable genocide. I'm really surprised more people aren't agreeing with her, but than again, it's obvious most people didn't even read the article. This isn't a case "woke virus person gone crazy", this is a legitimate stance.
Re:She's got a point (Score:4, Insightful)
> used to target a family
Yeah that's where you lost us. Do you really think Israel is spending billion on AI to target some dirt farming civilian?
The problem is that civilian, having voted for and supported Hamas for 15 years, has volunteered their home as a weapons cache. I guess the other side should just throw up their and hands and run into the ocean then? Sheesh.
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>> used to target a family
> Yeah that's where you lost us. Do you really think Israel is spending billion on AI to target some dirt farming civilian?
Fair point. Presumably the goal of the targeting software is to improve the ability to identify targets that are NOT families, but are actually terrorists?
Re:She's got a point (Score:4, Insightful)
You have no idea on who that family voted for in the past 15 years, but I have a pretty good idea on who wants to grab their little patch of dirt.
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> You have no idea on who that family voted for in the past 15 years
I know Palestinians elected a terrorist organization as their government. I know they let Hamas build military installations in their schools and homes. I know they let them build tunnels under their schools and hospitals. I know they assisted them smuggling weapons into Gaza, which aided in the 7 Oct massacre.
I know the Palestinian war cry "too the river..." means kill everything living in Israel. Nobody disputes any of this. Gazans, or anyone else.
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Did you all vote for Trump in the US, and agree with every single policy he pushes?
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> Did you all vote for Trump in the US, and agree with every single policy he pushes?
I've never voted for Trump. Try not to let that blow your mind.
That's one diff between the left and right these days. If you sway from the narrative, the left calls you an -ism or -phobe and sends you packing. The left is a snake that eats its tail. That's all good until nobody remains that'll vote for you.
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> The problem is that civilian, having voted for and supported Hamas for 15 years, has volunteered their home as a weapons cache.
I would argue with you about your assumptions, but you are an American, so given your support of genocide I would be wasting my breath.
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> I would argue with you about your assumptions, but you are an American, so given your support of genocide I would be wasting my breath.
Smart! Otherwise, you'd have to actually provide some coherent thoughts. One of us is making factual statements, the other is barfing up personal insults. I'm quite comfortable with my position here.
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> Smart! Otherwise, you'd have to actually provide some coherent thoughts
I would love to, but I can't think clearly with that whooshing sound.
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Ultimately it doesn't matter what Israel is spending its money on. It's all terrorism all the way down. The IDF and Hamas are two sides of the exact same fucking coin.
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> The IDF and Hamas are two sides of the exact same fucking coin.
Maybe.
One side kills gays, forces their women to be subservient. The other side is a democratic society with equal rights and even has a 20% Muslim population and Muslim representation in their government.
I made my choice. Feel free to sit on the fence until they shoot you off of it.
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There is no maybe. They are. You can try to abstract it anyway you like. This side does x, that side does y. It doesn't fucking matter. Both sides are disgusting. Both sides murder innocent civilians and children. Both sides have shitty reasons for what they are doing (and neither side can rightfully argue self-defense at this point).
There is no choice that needs to be made. Neither side is in the right. Nor do you need to sit on the fence and watch. Stop giving any of them the attention they are trying to
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> Otherwise, this is like a kid (Israel) who was getting bullied (by Hamas). At first, we're supportive, defend yourself, hell yeah. But then, the kid goes on the offensive and kicks the shit out of the bully and sends him to the hospital.
I fully support that action. If you're happy not to be speaking either German or Japanese, you should also. Jesus, that's the story of WWII.
Hamas is like a bully you beat down one day, then goes and works out and takes steroids for a year and comes back and tries to kick your ass again. And loses, over, and over.
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> Jesus, that's the story of WWII.
Holy fuck, no it's not. The metaphor doesn't even start the same way.
> Hamas is like a bully you beat down one day, then goes and works out and takes steroids for a year and comes back and tries to kick your ass again. And loses, over, and over.
The problem with this point of view is that it implies Israel is "winning". But what are they winning? Kill count? Which is meaningless. They certainly aren't winning peace and security, because Israel's actions and reactions directly fuels Hamas recruitment. Literally, Hamas does not even have to try to recruit by force. They aren't winning land, because they actively don't want it. The reality is that Hamas "wins" every time it attacks,
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Although Hamas did win the Palestinian election in 2006, it did seize Gaza by force in 2007 and has held control over the populace by force since then. So, no, nobody has voted for Hamas in the last fifteen years.
The voting age was 21, so the youngest voter back in 2006 must have been 38. The age demographic of Gaza is quite young. Half the population is under 18, and life expectancy was relatively short even before the conflict. Only about one fifth of the current population alive was of voting age then an
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> Although Hamas did win the Palestinian election in 2006, it did seize Gaza by force in 2007 and has held control over the populace by force since then. So, no, nobody has voted for Hamas in the last fifteen years.
I'm still waiting for the Palestinian uprising against Hamas. You'd think now would be a perfect time. Or you'd hear them on the news speaking out against Hamas. Or you'd here Palestinians that are safe in western democracies (oh the irony) speaking out against Hamas. The only Palestinian I've ever hear from is saying "from the river...".
The crickets are deafening.
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Well, when both sides are evil, it's not moral to support either side. So I expect that she's right, but...that doesn't make the opponents of the side she's castigating other than evil.
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> People are comment about what "he" did, which demonstrates they didn't even read the article or watch the video before commenting
... a demonstration which has zero impact on the opinions of posters. This woman disrupted a company event to engage in personal activism. What more does anyone need to know? I don't care about her feelings or hearing about her perception of what her company's product may be used for. I bet Israel uses Windows' computers too!
Quit (Score:3, Insightful)
The strongest thing she can do to support their cause is quit. How can she accept a compensation from a war profiteer? That makes her just as guilty.
One thing she learned from America: virtue signalling is easier than actually doing anything.
There is no ethical consumption under capitalism (Score:2, Insightful)
It's an old left-wing phrase. Basically it means don't sweat living your life in an unjust system. Yes you should be trying to make the system better but you're a human being and you still have to eat.
Purity tests get you nowhere. One of the things that makes the right wing so strong is they have zero purity tests beyond loyalty to the person one step above you in the hierarchy and absolute obedience from anyone beneath you in the hierarchy. It's terrible from a civilization and truth standpoint but whe
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> Yes you should be trying to make the system better
Apparently, by doing nothing that inconveniences yourself in any way. People in ivory towers should stay there.
We're not talking about not eating, please. This is a rich, privileged, tech employed engineer living the good life thanks to the system that western morals built. Would quitting, and working for a company that doesn't "war profiteer", or even a non-profit that supports your cause, prevent her from eating? Maybe she'd have to drive a Lexus instead of a Mercedes? Likely it'd have ZERO impact on her
How are the ethics in Morocco? (Score:3)
>> Yes you should be trying to make the system better
> Apparently, by doing nothing that inconveniences yourself in any way. People in ivory towers should stay there.
> We're not talking about not eating, please. This is a rich, privileged, tech employed engineer living the good life thanks to the system that western morals built. Would quitting, and working for a company that doesn't "war profiteer", or even a non-profit that supports your cause, prevent her from eating? Maybe she'd have to drive a Lexus instead of a Mercedes? Likely it'd have ZERO impact on her bottom line. But even that's too much.
This is a Harvard Graduate who immigrated from Morocco. She's privileged and young. I grew up too poor to have any patience for her bullshit. Unlike Morocco, we have free speech here. This shit would get her arrested back home. The USA gave her an opportunity to prosper and improve her life...and she's bitching about her employer's choice to help a country defend itself in a literal life or death situation. Look...it's her right...she won't get arrested because we have free speech, but I hope she gets
Re: There is no ethical consumption under capitali (Score:2)
You have a rather distorted and selective view of "the right."
From where I sit, the right is populated by libertarians who hate being told what to do and it's the left that enforces strict conformity.
I'm sure there are some honest-to-God monarchists on the right and free-love let-it-all-hang-out types on the left but they don't set the tone for the average adherant.
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> From where I sit, the right is populated by libertarians who hate being told what to do and it's the left that enforces strict conformity.
I can't believe you can say that with a straight face. But then, maybe the place you're sitting in is a room without windows, only facing a TV screen locked on to Fox News.
The right hate being told what to do, you say? That's total bullshit. Most republicans have no stable personal opinions or principles. They just parrot what they're told and change their point of view on a dime when told so by FoxNews, Trump or whoever they give their allegiance to. For example, it's disgusting how the Republican party su
No, it's a very, very specific view (Score:2)
The right wing is the section of the political discourse that values strict hierarchies over all else. The basic premise of the right wing is that everyone has a natural place in society dictated by some outside force (usually God, sometimes the "invisible hand", but always something beyond human understanding or control).
You're getting confused because you're mixing up right wingers with conservatives. That's on purpose. The right wing isn't very popular so they hide behind the notion of being "conser
Somebody just got into one-way trip (Score:1)
To a Venezuelan super prison.
In other news we now use foreign prisons to get rid of dissidents.
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The prison is in El Salvador, and I don't think she's Venezuelan anyway. In fact, there's nothing in TFA/TFS about her immigration or citizenship status.
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Not like it matters anymore. [1]https://thehill.com/homenews/a... [thehill.com]
[1] https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5225688-trump-administration-mistakenly-deports-salvadoran/
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> In fact, there's nothing in TFA/TFS about her immigration or citizenship status.
Yup, though if ICE can snatch non-citizens off the street and deport them to a foreign prison w/o *any* due process, what's to prevent them from doing this to a U.S. citizen?
For example, the government admitted in court that they made a mistake and deported an innocent man (non gang member) from Maryland, a foreigner with valid legal resident status, but the government says there's nothing they can do because that person is now in El Salvadorian jurisdiction. Although... El Salvador has been very accomm
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If you read her email, she clearly states she's Palestinian.
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> To a Venezuelan super prison.
> In other news we now use foreign prisons to get rid of dissidents.
It's Venezuelans to an El Salvador mega prison -- keep up. (*sigh*)
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I've never understood this mentality of treating illegals who broke the law as "dissidents" when the rest of the world just shoots them. Personally, I want a Running Man style daily show where illegals fight to the death for our amusement. I have the idea of genetically engineered velociraptor with British accents chasing illegals down in Phase 2 of the show. It would be a hit. People love British raptors.
M$ AI probably hallucinated the profits. (Score:1)
Should have gone with Big Blue for facilitating genocide.
In the beginning the universe was created. (Score:2)
This made a lot of people angry and has widely been considered as a bad move.
Soooo (Score:2)
Outlook not so good?
I wish I had that level of "fuck you money." (Score:2)
Either work from within to fix the issue or do it on your own time. Public stunts only make you feel good about yourself. MS is not going to suddenly change their ways. Don't take someone's money and tell them they're evil and genocidal in an unproductive way. People like her anger me. Do I agree with her cause?...maybe...did she move the needle and make me aware? No...all we're thinking about is her public demonstration. It's not helpful.
I fucking hate entitled social justice warriors who th
Well... (Score:5, Interesting)
I'm sure his conscience is clear, but I suspect so is his schedule now; unless he pre-lined up a new job that doesn't see this as a reason to retract their offer.
Re:Well... (Score:5, Insightful)
> I'm sure his conscience is clear, but I suspect so is his schedule now; unless he pre-lined up a new job that doesn't see this as a reason to retract their offer.
In these times... I'll guess that she's about to find out when her government-sponsored flight to El Salvador leaves...
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>> In these times... I'll guess that she's about to find out when her government-sponsored flight to El Salvador leaves...
> As it should be unless she is an actual citizen.
Not sure why you think the US government should send her to El Salvador "as it should be."
Speaking out against Microsoft at a Microsoft event quite reasonably would be grounds for being fired from Microsoft, but the US government should not be involved.
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> Speaking out against Microsoft at a Microsoft event quite reasonably would be grounds for being fired from Microsoft, but the US government should not be involved.
Or writing an op-ed in a University newspaper in 2024, like Tufts graduate student Rümeysa Öztürk, but here...
[1]Op-ed: No one should be arrested or deported for writing an op-ed [tuftsdaily.com]
[1] https://www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2025/03/op-ed-no-one-should-be-arrested-or-deported-for-writing-an-op-ed
Re:Well... (Score:5, Informative)
> As it should be unless she is an actual citizen.
The First Amendment applies to everyone, not just U.S. citizens. Speech the Government simply doesn't like shouldn't be a reason to deport or arrest someone or otherwise revoke their legal status. That's not who we are as a country -- or were anyway.
Re:Well... (Score:5, Insightful)
> That's not who we are as a country -- or were anyway.
I certainly remember a time, not long ago, when the phrase I most closely associated with American principles was:
> I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
I always admired it; I hope you can get it back.
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>> That's not who we are as a country -- or were anyway.
> I certainly remember a time, not long ago, when the phrase I most closely associated with American principles was:
>> I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
> I always admired it; I hope you can get it back.
Thanks, me too. If we vote even a few Republicans out of office, maybe we will ... (Though if things keep going like this, especially on the economic front, more than a few will probably be voted out in 2026 and 2028. Fingers crossed.)
Re: Well... (Score:3)
I don't want to rain in your parade but this sentence is famous for being French (said by Voltaire).
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No, I know. I didn't say it was an American phrase, just that I always thought of it when I thought about American principles.
Re: Well... (Score:2)
I will have the pancakes in the Age of Enlightenment.
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Well, it applies in public spaces. However, doing it on company time at a company event is a completely different story. You can protest outside if you want as a free citizen in your off time. Doing it at your company can have consequences, you don't get to play the First Amendment card on company time. The Government clearly shouldn't be in the business of censoring anyone. That's why governments and political parties love getting their hooks into social media. The FBI did plenty of shady business with old
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>> The First Amendment applies to everyone, not just U.S. citizens.
> Well, it applies in public spaces. However, doing it on company time at a company event is a completely different story. ...
Of course. And since Microsoft can't deport someone, this bit of the discussion was about the government, not Microsoft. Certainly, she could get fired by Microsoft, but that is (or should be) about it. Although, A Tufts University student got her visa revoked, was arrested and is primed for deportation, ostensible because she wrote an op-ed in 2024 that this administration doesn't like. I'll add she wasn't told her visa had been revoked before she was arrested, which is a dick move by the government
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> The Government clearly shouldn't be in the business of censoring anyone.
You seem to be in agreement with the post you are disagreeing with, since the discussion is about the comment that the government should deport someone to El Salvador "as it should be" because they expressed disagreement about company policy on company time at a company event.
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> . That's not who we are as a country -- or were anyway.
Or weren't depending on the historical period. There was something called the Alien and Sedition Acts passed by congress and used to jail people who criticized our second President, John Adams. Moreover the Supreme Court has repeatedly approved punishing speech it disapproved of with carefully crafted intellectual explanations for why the first amendment didn't apply.
The constitution means whatever five members of the Supreme Court decide it means and they can craft an explanation for whatever decision ple
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Unless you show your birth certificate I'm going to assume you're a muslim from Kenya.
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you think criticizing your boss is reason to be deported. dang.
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Fuck you, fascist.
Have you not heard of free speech?
Do you realize that constitutional rights apply to non-citizens as well? That includes due process, too.
The rule of law means that you don't deport people for not breaking the law. Speaking their mind is not breaking the law. As this person is (was?) employed by a company that has lots of government contracts, you can make a pretty safe bet that they are legally allowed to be here and had that right verified when they began their employment.
Fuck you for
Spot the facist (Score:2)
Closed societies go to shit. Just look at them - Russia, Iran, NK - you really want to live like that? Unless you're part of the gangster elite, you are a cost center with no agency, and potential example or cannon fodder.
All these moron bros who think this is mess is going to work out for them are in for a long, slow education about the difference between a citizen and a subject.
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> I'm sure his conscience is clear, but I suspect so is his schedule now
If she knew what the AI was being sold for, why was she working there in the first place? . There's more than a little bit of dishonesty in her approach. It's like going to work for Lockheed and then being shocked, shocked that they sell things that kill people and break things.
So if she did this as a kind of do-it-yourself PR stunt, she can pretty much kiss any employment at western firms goodbye.