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I'm assuming you don't mean the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA). Perhaps you mean the alleged Ada Initiative sexual honeypot, which came from noted "perso
by neilk 10y ago
I'm assuming you don't mean the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA). Perhaps you mean the alleged Ada Initiative sexual honeypot, which came from noted "personality who no longer matters" and general wingnut Eric S. Raymond and was AFAIK never verified by anyone.
I used to work in an office shared by some members of the Ada Initiative (the Wikimedia Foundation). While I can never say there isn't a secret conspiracy – that's the thing, one can never prove a negative – I know these people & why they do what they do, and these allegations are ludicrous IMO.
Furthermore, one of the accusers, Meredith L. Patterson, hates the Ada Initiative and its founders, passionately. She's also been a strong voice against similar rushes to judgment and what some term "SJW" activism. While I think she's misguided in her dislike of the Ada Initiative, there's no chance she would collude with them, and there's no chance she would take part in some sort of conspiracy.
You attacking her with MRA-style conspiracies... there's many levels of irony here that I find difficult to unfold. For the record I like her personally, I think she's a cogent voice of criticism that needs to be heard if you're seriously concerned with diversity. And, let's not forget, she's a brilliant computer scientist. I personally think she's given too much credence to MRA-style conspiracy theory in the past, but here you (and the rest of the MRA internet) are hitting her with one. I wouldn't wish that on anyone.
Sources:
Her entire twitter feed, @maradydd
https://status451.com/2015/12/21/totalizing-politics-and-insurance-rackets/ https://status451.com/2015/12/21/totalizing-politics-and-ins...
And here she is in freaking Breitbart of all places. http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2016/01/07/social-justice-warriors-wreaking-havoc-in-open-source-software/ http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2016/01/07/social-justice-warr...