Damore became an ‘alt-right’ hero after Google fired him over his views on women. Fired Google memo writer gives first big interviews to rightwing YouTubers Read moreAnd it turns out the video-sharing platform, owned by Google, may even have been influential in the formulation of Damore’s beliefs. Peterson, whose lectures and commentary are popular on YouTube and Reddit, told the Guardian that another Google employee and colleague of Damore had suggested the interview and connected them. “I guess he trusted me.”Facebook Twitter Pinterest James Damore speaks with the YouTube personality Stefan Molyneux in one of his first major interviews after Google fired him. It is precisely those men who may turn to YouTube personalities and communities that validate their anxieties and affirm their beliefs.

Source: The Guardian August 13, 2017 09:56 UTC