Ex-Google engineer: I was fired for being too liberal
by Cyrus Farivar from Ars Technica - All content on (#3GF6C)
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An ex-Google engineer has sued his former employer, claiming that he was wrongfully terminated as a result of expressing his politically liberal opinions-which included opposing harassment and white supremacy-on internal message boards.
According to his lawsuit, which was filed Wednesday in state court in San Francisco, Tim Chevalier served as a site reliability engineer from December 2015 until November 2017.
Chevalier, who identifies himself as a "disabled, queer, and transgender" man, routinely spoke out in favor of minority and traditionally underprivileged rights-in particular to counter the opinions offered up by another then-colleague, James Damore.
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