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> I'm guessing you got that impression by reading between the lines since he certainly did not say so literally.

It’s called a dog whistle. Damore knew exactly what he was saying, who it would appeal to, and how to attempt to cover himself when the whole thing blew up in his face.

>>paulco+(OP)
100% this.

>>paulco+(OP)
Who was he dog whistling to? The secret google cabal of sexist software engineers? This strong claim borders on conspiracy. It flies in the face of the fact that the memo was not originally posted for the whole company to see, but in response to a request for feedback on bias training.

>>dnissl+mb
> The secret google cabal of sexist software engineers

Go back and read the comment threads here when the story broke. The population of sexist software engineers extends far beyond Google and isn’t a secret to anyone.