Remember decades ago when “intolerance” was the worst sin progressives could pin on you? Every time we conservatives tried to push back against their radical social agenda they demanded to know “Who are you to judge? You bigot!” Well, once they started down that road – misapplying Scripture and bastardizing the English language – it was inevitable: the Left has turned into the very scourge they accused the Right of being: INTOLERANT.

 
Remember when Google was just an extremely helpful search engine? Then within a year or two they were suddenly so ubiquitous that their name became a verb? Well, in the ever-evolving online realm, the tech giant has now reinvented itself as the internet’s leading censor; cyber Thought Police.
 
Most users probably think they’re still getting impartial results, but right-leaning, conservative websites – if they show up at all – appear at least 4-5 pages into a search. Google apparently doesn’t think you’re entitled to more than one opinion (theirs) on any particular topic, especially controversial issues. They’re pretty much intolerant of any worldviews but their own leftist progressive one.
 
Now to be fair, the tech giant does occasionally make a rare gesture toward objectivity. In March they announced the formation of their Advanced Technology External Advisory Council (ATEAC). This group was tasked with discussing the ramifications of AI (artificial intelligence) and guiding its responsible development and use in Google’s research and products. Sounded like a worthy endeavor. Unfortunately, as Vox reported, the board barely survived a week ~

(The panel) would have had eight members and met four times over the course of 2019 to consider concerns about Google’s AI program. Those concerns include how AI can enable authoritarian states, how AI algorithms produce disparate outcomes, whether to work on military applications of AI, and more.

 
But the council was dissolved before it held its first meeting, because one of those eight members didn’t meet with the approval of a small mob of indignant, empowered Googlers ~

Thousands of Google employees signed a petition calling for the removal of one board member, Heritage Foundation president Kay Coles James, over her comments about trans people and her organization’s skepticism of climate change.

James, incidentally, a black woman, is currently president of the Heritage Foundation, a non-profit organization whose mission is…

…to formulate and promote conservative public policies based on the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values, and a strong national defense.

 
Once widely-held in the U.S., these positions are simply no longer tolerated by many Googlers. As Tyler O’Neil at P.J.Media relates ~

2,476 Google employees signed a petition against Kay Coles James, arguing that including her on the AI ethics board is “a weaponization of the language of diversity. By appointing James to the ATEAC, Google elevates and endorses her views, implying that hers is a valid perspective worthy of inclusion in its decision making. This is unacceptable.”
 
The employees slammed James as “committed to trans erasure,” because she does not consider transgender identity more real than biological sex. She is not “erasing” people who identify as transgender. She is not denying their existence or advocating violence against them. She merely disagrees that their gender identity — which is not based on genetics or their root biology.

 
These folks many be amazing techies, but they’re strangely stunted in their social development. They’re so insecure in their own worldview, that they have to resort to thug tactics like name-calling, and character assassination, intimidating those with different perspectives. Because they’ve only been taught what to think – not how to think – they’re unable to engage in any sort of meaningful exchange of ideas.
 

So rather than have a mutiny on their hands, management caved to the pressure (clearly, the inmates are running the asylum) ~

A Google spokesperson told Vox that the company has decided to dissolve the panel –
 
“It’s become clear that in the current environment, ATEAC can’t function as we wanted. So we’re ending the council and going back to the drawing board. We’ll continue to be responsible in our work on the important issues that AI raises, and will find different ways of getting outside opinions on these topics.”

James, disappointed but unapologetic, responded with honesty and sincerity in an April 12th op-ed ~

When the company asked me to join, I agreed, welcoming the opportunity to contribute my perspective as a conservative leader — and to test my thinking with council members who might not necessarily agree with me. Together, I thought, we might be able to make valuable contributions as Google explores an important new frontier of technology […]
 
I was deeply disappointed to see such a promising idea abandoned, but the episode was about much more than just one company’s response to intolerance from the self-appointed guardians of tolerance.
 
It was symptomatic of where America is heading. Whether in the streets or online, angry mobs that heckle and threaten are not trying to change hearts and win minds. They’re trying to impose their will through intimidation. In too many corners of American life, there is no longer room for disagreement and civil discourse. Instead, it’s agree or be destroyed.
 
My fellow advisory-council members have now been deprived of the opportunity to question me about what they might see as the contradiction of my policy views and my absolute unconditional acceptance of every member of the human family. They may not have agreed with me, but they would have understood me better — and I, them. With that, we would have had the opportunity to work together to make better public policy on an exceedingly critical issue.

 
Frankly, I don’t believe Google even deserves Kay Coles James. She would have been the only adult in the room. She’s far too classy, even-tempered and wise for their insulated culture of intolerance. Read her whole letter HERE and see if you agree.

 
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Related:
This video from the Heritage Foundation featuring Walt Heyer, who formerly identified and lived as transgender, probably helped trigger the intolerant Googlers. You should watch. It’s quite a compelling testimony.
 
Kay Coles James spoke with Shannon Bream on Fox News last week ~