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I got 170 vs 7. Also, what's your point?

by mfoy_ 11y ago

Nadya 11y ago
There are only 2 pages of results - that 170 is from the above article being shared and it will increase to well over 500 by later afternoon (PMT). (As of my finishing of this comment it is up to 192.) My point was that the statement is not a gendered one, both sides deal with it, and it's especially rare given the lack of results for the phrase. People don't bat an eye when they call a guy a neckbeard. An unattractive guy trying to flirt? He's a creeper (regardless if he crossed any societal "lines"). But feminism is a hot point and any criticism of it or any defense of man is labeled as a misogynist woman hater (redundancy needed to emphasis the point) and all around scum of the Earth. Anyone pointing out that "ignore verbal harassment and quit letting it control your life; because it isn't going anywhere" is harassed themselves. I live in the real world. In the real world harassment, murder, and all other sorts of nasty unwanted terrible shit happens and has been happening for centuries. It will continue for centuries until humanity becomes a hive mind or starts to punish for wrongthink and thoughtcrimes. What I find especially sad and pathetic is how many females get written off entirely if they don't buy into the groupthink and worship the theoretical feminist bible. Somehow those women aren't women or have been brainwashed by the patriarchy. Maybe, just maybe, but if the entire world is "the problem". Maybe the world isn't the problem?
- mfoy_ 11y ago
  The "kill yourself" comment is the least inherently gendered one, you're right. The thing is that it appeared on a blog about sexism, therefore it is sexist. If it appeared on a blog about homophobia, it would be homophobic. If it appeared on a a blog about racism, it would be racist. You just ignored the other comments and the context and tried to say: "This one comment isn't inherently gendered therefore..." My question is: Therefore what?
  - Nadya 11y ago
    This article is in response to a previous article. In which she openly complained about a 1% experience. >In my experience, 99% of men and women in the tech industry are decent and genuinely well-meaning people. And 1% of people are terrible people. The end. If I wrote an article about how awful a minority of women are in the tech community to LGBT I'd be harassed by a number of feminists and an even larger amount of trolls. But I'm a realist who knows terrible people won't be going away anytime soon and don't let the few vehement assholes ruin things for me. She's shown that 1% of a population can cause her enough frustration to write an article. Queue the trolls. Give them attention and they'll come.
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I got 170 vs 7. Also, what's your point?

by mfoy_ 11y ago

I got 170 vs 7. Also, what's your point?

Nadya 11y ago

There are only 2 pages of results - that 170 is from the above article being shared and it will increase to well over 500 by later afternoon (PMT). (As of my finishing of this comment it is up to 192.) My point was that the statement is not a gendered one, both sides deal with it, and it's especially rare given the lack of results for the phrase. People don't bat an eye when they call a guy a neckbeard. An unattractive guy trying to flirt? He's a creeper (regardless if he crossed any societal "lines"). But feminism is a hot point and any criticism of it or any defense of man is labeled as a misogynist woman hater (redundancy needed to emphasis the point) and all around scum of the Earth. Anyone pointing out that "ignore verbal harassment and quit letting it control your life; because it isn't going anywhere" is harassed themselves. I live in the real world. In the real world harassment, murder, and all other sorts of nasty unwanted terrible shit happens and has been happening for centuries. It will continue for centuries until humanity becomes a hive mind or starts to punish for wrongthink and thoughtcrimes. What I find especially sad and pathetic is how many females get written off entirely if they don't buy into the groupthink and worship the theoretical feminist bible. Somehow those women aren't women or have been brainwashed by the patriarchy. Maybe, just maybe, but if the entire world is "the problem". Maybe the world isn't the problem?

mfoy_ 11y ago
The "kill yourself" comment is the least inherently gendered one, you're right. The thing is that it appeared on a blog about sexism, therefore it is sexist. If it appeared on a blog about homophobia, it would be homophobic. If it appeared on a a blog about racism, it would be racist. You just ignored the other comments and the context and tried to say: "This one comment isn't inherently gendered therefore..." My question is: Therefore what?
- Nadya 11y ago
  This article is in response to a previous article. In which she openly complained about a 1% experience. >In my experience, 99% of men and women in the tech industry are decent and genuinely well-meaning people. And 1% of people are terrible people. The end. If I wrote an article about how awful a minority of women are in the tech community to LGBT I'd be harassed by a number of feminists and an even larger amount of trolls. But I'm a realist who knows terrible people won't be going away anytime soon and don't let the few vehement assholes ruin things for me. She's shown that 1% of a population can cause her enough frustration to write an article. Queue the trolls. Give them attention and they'll come.
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