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    J.K. TrotterJ.K. Trotter
    3/28/14 6:40pm

    IBT employees received this company-wide memo a few hours after the story above was published:

    From: “Johnathan IBT”

    Date: March 28, 2014 at 5:51:07 PM EDT

    To: “Johnathan IBT”

    Subject: Important message from Johnathan Davis

    Hi all.

    I want to reiterate to all of you that our company, myself included, has and always will respect diversity in our workplace. This is reflected not only in our daily work but also in our hiring and personnel practices. Our team members are hired and retained based solely on their ability to perform the task.

    We welcome and support a diverse range of opinions and values. We believe this diversity is critical to success as a world-class journalism organization, and also creates a richer and more productive culture and environment for all of us.

    Please don’t hesitate to reach out to me or Etienne if you have any questions or comments.

    Sincerely,

    Johnathan Davis / Co-Founder, Chief Content Officer

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      Dr_ZoidbergJ.K. Trotter
      3/28/14 10:04pm

      Gays can be redeemed? Like, for prizes?

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      MissNormaDesmondDr_Zoidberg
      3/29/14 8:12pm

      Fabulous prizes, in fact!

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    corey3rdJ.K. Trotter
    3/28/14 3:15pm

    Why would anyone want to cure a great girl-girl video? Must you deny us Sunny Lane and Sasha Grey? We don't need a cure. We need a sequel.

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      jub-jubbouviercorey3rd
      3/28/14 3:57pm

      Porno lesbians are the obvious easy win for the "gay is a choice" brigade . Give them a little "Jesus loves me this I know" razzle dazzle and some "girl, if he really loved you, you wouldn't be doing porn to give him money to make the lease payments on his truck. And he'd be buying at least half of the speedy coke you guys do. Remember when you wanted to go to nursing school?" real talk and they'd probably give up professional scissoring cold turkey.

      And yet, mysteriously somehow, the social conservative dudeocracy never seem to want to make stamping out that particular brand of "unnatural and destructive" behaviour that God hates a priority, instead choosing to focus their energies on making life extra miserable for teenage boys who remind them of the guys they used to push into lockers. It's all very surprising.

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    Jerry-NetherlandJ.K. Trotter
    3/28/14 3:17pm

    Sidney Harman is spinning in his grave. He bought Newsweek to save it from dying or getting swallowed up by right-wingers. Barry Diller, however, sleeps well at night because he's never had enough conscience to stand between himself and a profit.

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      BlanksheetJ.K. Trotter
      3/28/14 5:26pm

      When my parents and I came to this country, we subscribed to Newsweek over a daily paper, probably because we were poor and it was cheaper. I read it growing up and into adulthood. Never did I read arch nemesis, Time. I still read many magazines—I like them very much and they are more convenient than digital reading. But Newsweek I cancelled a long time ago. I don't even know where to start with this news. A lament.

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        Vulcan Has No MoonBlanksheet
        3/28/14 9:11pm

        Uh....aren't Time and Newsweek the same magazine with different covers?

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        MissNormaDesmondVulcan Has No Moon
        3/29/14 8:15pm

        There was a time when Newsweek was significantly more even-handed than Time, which was resolutely conservative (albeit moderately so, compared to what's considered conservatism today). But that was at least twenty years ago.

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      HolyCow!J.K. Trotter
      3/28/14 3:44pm

      Why do you resist us? Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated. You will be adapted to service us—all of us on your knees.

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        matt.maraHolyCow!
        3/28/14 4:45pm

        You know what's screwed up? These guys—the ones who this article is about—act far more like Ferengi. Rule of Acquisition Number 947: Lies are profitable...until your opponent realizes he's being duped.

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      ManchuCandidateJ.K. Trotter
      3/28/14 3:17pm

      Onion OP Ed

      Written by the same guy?

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        Dude In ColoradoJ.K. Trotter
        3/28/14 3:21pm

        I know for a fact that I was born bisexual - not that it makes me promiscuous or anxious to be promiscuous. Why is it so hard for so many men to accept homosexuality? My theory is they are the ones who have the hottest gay J/O fantasies ...

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          mercury69J.K. Trotter
          3/28/14 3:16pm

          Excuse me?

          GIF
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            etfpmercury69
            3/28/14 3:29pm

            I love this kid.

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          conductioncovenJ.K. Trotter
          3/28/14 3:14pm

          So what you are saying is that a man who can't come to terms with his own sexuality bought it? Because this has that written all over it. I hate people like him. Can't admit that you like men so you must demonize homosexuals.

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            PsyramicsJ.K. Trotter
            3/28/14 3:13pm

            Claiming your beliefs are unrelated to your professional capacity is a pretty good sign you think your own belief is unacceptable.

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              MissNormaDesmondPsyramics
              3/29/14 8:16pm

              And/or likely to get you sued.

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