How James Damore went from Google employee to right
James Damore
James Damore   an ex-Google employee who wrote a controversial memo arguing the merits of gender and diversity programs  was interviewed by two YouTubers. (Jhaan Elker/The Washington Post)
A week ago   James Damore  worked at Google. Now   he ’s sitting for portraits with Peter Duke  the photographer the New York Times dubbed “the Annie Leibovitz of the alt-right.”
In one photograph — the user image for an unverified Twitter account believed to be his —  Damore  sits in front of a blue background  holding a laptop. He’s wearing a T-shirt that has one word printed on the chest  in Google’s font. It reads: “Goolag.”
The memo went viral at Google and then became news when its existence was leaked to Motherboard.  Damore  was fired for “perpetuating gender stereotypes.” But  he  quickly became a hero on the right-wing Internet  where a coalition of anti-politically-correct online personalities  Trump supporters and the alt-right believed that  Damore ’s firing was proof that Silicon Valley was hostile to conservatives — and that something was about to change.
As his Duke portraits show  that is a role that  Damore  has embraced. Below is a look at how he got there.
 James Damore  did nothing wrong #GoogleManifesto — Jack Posobiec (@JackPosobiec) August 8  2017
Each component of the  Damore ’s story read like a fulfilled prophecy for the right-wing Internet  which has spent years accusing Silicon Valley companies of conspiring to silence conservatives.
Many of the things  Damore  argued in that memo were more or less aligned with this viewpoint: for instance  that “Google’s left bias has created a politically correct monoculture that maintains its hold by shaming dissenters into silence ” and later  that “we have extensive government and Google programs  fields of study  and legal and social norms to protect women  but when a man complains about a gender issue affecting men  he’s labeled as a misogynist and a whiner.”
The left is at war with reality.  James Damore  told the truth. For that  he  was witch hunted  doxxed & fired.#JeSuisJamesDamore — Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) August 8  2017
The Gab founder has previously said that he believes progressives have a monopoly on every major Silicon Valley company  and has built Gab as an independent  free-speech alternative — one that has been especially popular with the Trump-supporting Internet and its diaspora. Gab said in a tweet that it had raised $80 000 for its crowdfunding campaign over the past week  a period roughly aligning with  Damore ’s story going viral.
Torba also said that  Damore ’s memo was particularly well-timed  because “censorship from Silicon Valley has increased dramatically over the past few weeks ” He pointed me to this tweet for examples:
August 2017: James Damore fired
Because  Damore ’s memo  and firing  escaped the right-wing filter bubble and became a real  mainstream controversy  his story took on a much larger significance. Soon  some prominent personalities were talking about  Damore  with the language of civil rights;
James Damore: 'Treat people as individuals  not groups'
Gab  along with WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange  both publicly offered to hire Damore after he lost his job at Google. But the onslaught of online support that headed  Damore ’s way as the story about his memo blew up was more comprehensive than that.
WeSearchr  the crowdfunding “bounty” platform run by infamous Internet troll Chuck Johnson  set up a “fundraiser” for  Damore  that has raised $40 000 in a matter of days. The conservative media  picking up on the initial support of  Damore  on right-wing Twitter  began to cover the story as progressive overreach.
"James Damore   an ex-Google employee who wrote a controversial memo arguing the merits of gender and diversity programs  was interviewed by two YouTubers. (Jhaan Elker/The Washington Post)
A week ago   [TGT] worked at Google. Now   [TGT] ’s sitting for portraits with Peter Duke  the photographer the New York Times dubbed “the Annie Leibovitz of the alt-right.”
In one photograph — the user image for an unverified Twitter account believed to be his —  [TGT]sits in front of a blue background  holding a laptop. He’s wearing a T-shirt that has one word printed on the chest  in Google’s font. It reads: “Goolag.”
The memo went viral at Google and then became news when its existence was leaked to Motherboard.  [TGT]was fired for “perpetuating gender stereotypes.” But  [TGT]  quickly became a hero on the right-wing Internet  where a coalition of anti-politically-correct online personalities  Trump supporters and the alt-right believed that  Damore ’s firing was proof that Silicon Valley was hostile to conservatives — and that something was about to change.
As his Duke portraits show  that is a role that  Damore  has embraced. Below is a look at how he got there.
 [TGT]  did nothing wrong #GoogleManifesto — Jack Posobiec (@JackPosobiec) August 8  2017
Each component of the  [TGT] ’s story read like a fulfilled prophecy for the right-wing Internet  which has spent years accusing Silicon Valley companies of conspiring to silence conservatives.
Many of the things  [TGT]argued in that memo were more or less aligned with this viewpoint: for instance  that “Google’s left bias has created a politically correct monoculture that maintains [TGT] hold by shaming dissenters into silence ” and later  that “we have extensive government and Google programs  fields of study  and legal and social norms to protect women  but when a man complains about a gender issue affecting men  he’s labeled as a misogynist and a whiner.”
The left is at war with reality.  [TGT]  told the truth. For that  [TGT]  was witch hunted  doxxed & fired.#JeSuisJamesDamore — Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) August 8  2017
[TGT] has previously said that [TGT] believes progressives have a monopoly on every major Silicon Valley company  and has built Gab as an independent  free-speech alternative — one that has been especially popular with the Trump-supporting Internet and its diaspora. [TGT] said in a tweet that it had raised $80 000 for its crowdfunding campaign over the past week  a period roughly aligning with  Damore ’s story going viral.
Torba also said that  [TGT] was particularly well-timed  because “censorship from Silicon Valley has increased dramatically over the past few weeks ” He pointed me to this tweet for examples:
August 2017: [TGT] fired
Because  [TGT] ’s memo  and firing  escaped the right-wing filter bubble and became a real  mainstream controversy  his story took on a much larger significance. Soon  some prominent personalities were talking about  [TGT] with the language of civil rights;
[TGT] : 'Treat people as individuals  not groups'
Gab  along with WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange  both publicly offered to hire [TGT]  after he lost his job at Google. the onslaught of online support that headed  [TGT]  ’s way as the story about his memo blew up was more comprehensive than that.
WeSearchr  the crowdfunding “bounty” platform run by infamous Internet troll Chuck Johnson  set up a “fundraiser” for  [TGT]   that has raised $40 000 in a matter of days. The conservative media  picking up on the initial support of  [TGT]   on right-wing Twitter  began to cover the story as progressive overreach."