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Google Leadership’s Dismayed Reaction to Trump Election

Posted on 9/12/18 at 5:12 pm
Posted by wickowick
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Posted on 9/12/18 at 5:12 pm
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A video recorded by Google shortly after the 2016 presidential election reveals an atmosphere of panic and dismay amongst the tech giant’s leadership, coupled with a determination to thwart both the Trump agenda and the broader populist movement emerging around the globe.

The video is a full recording of Google’s first all-hands meeting following the 2016 election (these weekly meetings are known inside the company as “TGIF” or “Thank God It’s Friday” meetings). Sent to Breitbart News by an anonymous source, it features co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, VPs Kent Walker and Eileen Naughton, CFO Ruth Porat, and CEO Sundar Pichai. It can be watched in full above. It can and should be watched in full above in order to get the full context of the meeting and the statements made.


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Co-founder Sergey Brin can be heard comparing Trump supporters to fascists and extremists. Brin argues that like other extremists, Trump voters were motivated by “boredom,” which he says in the past led to fascism and communism.

The Google co-founder then asks his company to consider what it can do to ensure a “better quality of governance and decision-making.”

VP for Global Affairs Kent Walker argues that supporters of populist causes like the Trump campaign are motivated by “fear, xenophobia, hatred, and a desire for answers that may or may not be there.”

Later, Walker says that Google should fight to ensure the populist movement – not just in the U.S. but around the world – is merely a “blip” and a “hiccup” in a historical arc that “bends toward progress.”
This post was edited on 9/12/18 at 5:19 pm
Posted by gobuxgo5
Member since Nov 2012
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Posted on 9/12/18 at 5:13 pm to
I use DuckDuckGo. It stinks the people with power think of themselves so poorly. Keep using Google though! Woo is me!
Posted by Wally Sparks
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Posted on 9/12/18 at 5:14 pm to
Link?
Posted by musick
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Posted on 9/12/18 at 5:14 pm to
Wow.

And watch, this won't even make a blip in the media
This post was edited on 9/12/18 at 5:21 pm
Posted by Toddy
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Posted on 9/12/18 at 5:14 pm to
Good for the Google. If you don't like it, don't use them.
Posted by HailHailtoMichigan!
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Posted on 9/12/18 at 5:15 pm to
Bake


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Posted by wickowick
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Posted on 9/12/18 at 5:21 pm to
Link added:

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Key moments from the video can be found at the following timestamps:

(00:00:00 – 00:01:12) Google co-founder Sergey Brin states that the weekly meeting is “probably not the most joyous we’ve had” and that “most people here are pretty upset and pretty sad.”

(00:00:24) Brin contrasts the disappointment of Trump’s election with his excitement at the legalization of cannabis in California, triggering laughs and applause from the audience of Google employees.

(00:01:12) Returning to seriousness, Brin says he is “deeply offen[ded]” by the election of Trump, and that the election “conflicts with many of [Google’s] values.”

(00:09:10) Trying to explain the motivations of Trump supporters, Senior VP for Global Affairs, Kent Walker concludes: “fear, not just in the United States, but around the world is fueling concerns, xenophobia, hatred, and a desire for answers that may or may not be there.”

(00:09:35) Walker goes on to describe the Trump phenomenon as a sign of “tribalism that’s self-destructive [in] the long-term.”

(00:09:55) Striking an optimistic tone, Walker assures Google employees that despite the election, “history is on our side” and that the “moral arc of history bends towards progress.”

(00:10:45) Walker approvingly quotes former Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi’s comparison between “the world of the wall” with its “isolation and defensiveness” and the “world of the square, the piazza, the marketplace, where people come together into a community and enrich each other’s lives.”

(00:13:10) CFO Ruth Porat appears to break down in tears when discussing the election result.

(00:15:20) Porat promises that Google will “use the great strength and resources and reach we have to continue to advance really important values.”

(00:16:50) Stating “we all need a hug,” she then instructs the audience of Google employees to hug the person closest to them.

(00:20:24) Eileen Noughton, VP of People Operations, promises that Google’s policy team in DC is “all over” the immigration issue and that the company will “keep a close watch on it.”

(00:21:26) Noughton jokes about Google employees asking, ‘Can I move to Canada?’ after the election. She goes on to seriously discuss the options available to Google employees who wish to leave the country.

(00:23:12) Noughton does acknowledge “diversity of opinion and political persuasion” and notes that she has heard from conservative Google employees who say they “haven’t felt entirely comfortable revealing who [they] are.” and urged “tolerance.” (Several months later, the company would fire James Damore allegedly for disagreeing with progressive narratives.)

(00:27:00) Responding to a question about “filter bubbles,” Sundar Pichai promises to work towards “correcting” Google’s role in them
(00:27:30) Sergey Brin praises an audience member’s suggestion of increasing matched Google employee donations to progressive groups.

(00:34:40) Brin compares Trump voters to “extremists,” arguing for a correlation between the economic background of Trump supporters and the kinds of voters who back extremist movements. Brin says that “voting is not a rational act” and that not all of Trump’s support can be attributed to “income disparity.” He suggests that Trump voters might have been motivated by boredom rather than legitimate concerns.

(00:49:10) An employee asks if Google is willing to “invest in grassroots, hyper-local efforts to bring tools and services and understanding of Google products and knowledge” so that people can “make informed decisions that are best for themselves.” Pichai’s response: Google will ensure its “educational products” reach “segments of the population [they] are not [currently] fully reaching.”

(00:54:33) An employee asks what Google is going to do about “misinformation” and “fake news” shared by “low-information voters.” Pichai responds by stating that “investments in machine learning and AI” are a “big opportunity” to fix the problem.

(00:56:12) Responding to an audience member, Walker says Google must ensure the rise of populism doesn’t turn into “a world war or something catastrophic … and instead is a blip, a hiccup.”

(00:58:22) Brin compares Trump voters to supporters of fascism and communism, linking the former movement to “boredom,” which Brin previously linked to Trump voters. “It sort of sneaks up sometimes, really bad things” says Brin.

(01:01:15) A Google employee states: “speaking to white men, there’s an opportunity for you right now to understand your privilege” and urges employees to “go through the bias-busting training, read about privilege, read about the real history of oppression in our country.” He urges employees to “discuss the issues you are passionate about during Thanksgiving dinner and don’t back down and laugh it off when you hear the voice of oppression speak through metaphors.” Every executive on stage – the CEO, CFO, two VPs and the two Co-founders – applaud the employee.

(01:01:57) An audience member asks if the executives see “anything positive from this election result.” The audience of Google employees, and the executives on stage, burst into laughter. “Boy, that’s a really tough one right now” says Brin.

Posted by Wolfhound45
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Posted on 9/12/18 at 5:27 pm to
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Good for the Google. If you don't like it, don't use them.
Yay e-Fascism!
Posted by Eightballjacket
Member since Jan 2016
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Posted on 9/12/18 at 5:29 pm to
This isn't a bit surprising. The tone deaf leadership of Google live and work in a libtard bubble.
Posted by Bigtime92
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Posted on 9/12/18 at 5:45 pm to
Google has since responded:

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“At a regularly scheduled all hands meeting, some Google employees and executives expressed their own personal views in the aftermath of a long and divisive election season. For over 20 years, everyone at Google has been able to freely express their opinions at these meetings. Nothing was said at that meeting, or any other meeting, to suggest that any political bias ever influences the way we build or operate our products. To the contrary, our products are built for everyone, and we design them with extraordinary care to be a trustworthy source of information for everyone, without regard to political viewpoint.”



Posted by Eighteen
Member since Dec 2006
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Posted on 9/12/18 at 5:48 pm to
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For over 20 years, everyone at Google has been able to freely express their opinions at these meetings




“Freely” as in criticize a certain viewpoint, sure
Posted by CAD703X
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Posted on 9/12/18 at 5:48 pm to
i didnt need to watch very long to see why google sucks so bad.
Posted by burdhead
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Member since Apr 2017
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Posted on 9/12/18 at 5:51 pm to
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Good for the Google. If you don't like it, don't use them.
the day of reckoning is coming for you,them and others like you...tick,tick....hear the clock ticking?....your hope is fading fast, you are just too deranged to realize it....the camps are real
Posted by CAD703X
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Member since Jul 2008
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Posted on 9/12/18 at 5:53 pm to
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A Google employee states: “speaking to white men, there’s an opportunity for you right now to understand your privilege” and urges employees to “go through the bias-busting training, read about privilege, read about the real history of oppression in our country.” He urges employees to “discuss the issues you are passionate about during Thanksgiving dinner and don’t back down and laugh it off when you hear the voice of oppression speak through metaphors.” Every executive on stage – the CEO, CFO, two VPs and the two Co-founders – applaud the employee.



frick google
Posted by Oddibe
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Posted on 9/12/18 at 5:53 pm to
Frick all those mudderfockers.
Posted by teke184
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Member since Jan 2007
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Posted on 9/12/18 at 5:55 pm to
Remind me, didn’t someone express themselves anonymously at Google and get outed and fired because their comments were against the PC culture?
Posted by TexasTiger86
Member since Apr 2017
203 posts
Posted on 9/12/18 at 5:56 pm to
Everyone is allowed to freely express themselves at google except James Damore, screw that guy. Oh yeah, and Republicans, can’t have them expressing themselves.
Posted by CAD703X
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Member since Jul 2008
78101 posts
Posted on 9/12/18 at 5:58 pm to
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Everyone is allowed to freely express themselves at google except James Damore, screw that guy. Oh yeah, and Republicans, can’t have them expressing themselves.


the 50% that voted for trump wasn't in that room. more like .05%.
Posted by EZE Tiger Fan
Member since Jul 2004
50319 posts
Posted on 9/12/18 at 5:59 pm to
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For over 20 years, everyone at Google has been able to freely express their opinions at these meetings.


LOL.

These sociopathic liars fired a guy for expressing a view point they didn't like.

PS - Toddy's response shouldn't surprise anyone. Again, it is the first amendment they want!
Posted by DallasTiger11
Los Angeles
Member since Mar 2004
11809 posts
Posted on 9/12/18 at 6:00 pm to
I just made it through as much of that video as I could and if anyone thinks for a minute that Google isn't doing everything in their power (and they have an unreal amount of it) to push a far Left agenda then you have your head in the sand.

The CFO was literally crying on stage.
This post was edited on 9/12/18 at 6:01 pm
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