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The irony here is people like this HURT their own cause. Rememeber the Adria Richards debacle (aka "Donglegate")? That gal set back females in tech years beca
by wayniac 10y ago
The irony here is people like this HURT their own cause. Rememeber the Adria Richards debacle (aka "Donglegate")? That gal set back females in tech years because who wants to deal with a co-worker that might complain to the boss and get you fired because they overhear something you say and don't like it?
Same thing here. These folks aren't fighting FOR equality in work or safe workspaces, they're essentially cutting off their noses to spite their faces because they're going to turn people against them out of the desire to not deal with the drama they bring.
- Frondo 10y agoSomeone who looks at the Adria Richards story and decides "women are the problem", well, that's the actual problem right there.
- wayniac 10y agoNot "women are the problem" but still, who wants to deal with someone that might overhear a conversation and cause a shistorm because they don't agree with the conversation? That's the issue with these SJW types. They butt into things that don't concern them, get offended, and then expect the world to accommodate them. Things like the Adria Richards story hurt "women in tech" not because "ew girls, gross!" but because it puts that fear into people's minds about someone overreacting and getting people fired because they can't act like an adult but want to be coddled like a toddler.
- Frondo 10y agoI read the Adria Richards story and I felt no fear about someone overreacting to anything I'd say. Why is this? Because I don't think women are irrational or prone to overreacting. I'm not afraid of interacting with women in the workplace because I don't think there is anything to be afraid of.
- ori_b 10y ago> Why is this? Because I don't think women are irrational or prone to overreacting. People are irrational and prone to overreacting, and women are, last I checked, people.
- 1_2__3 10y agoIt's considered rude in polite text conversation to attribute using quotes words that another person didn't say.
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- oldmanjay 10y agoWomen can be problems. Trying to build a base of propaganda painting women as a victim class incapable of being culpable doesn't empower them at all
- Steko 10y agoI think it's a bit of magical thinking to assume there's some other possible world where good causes don't also have bad actors and people overreaching. It's universal.
- erlich 10y ago> The irony here is people like this HURT their own cause. Completely agree. No considering given to side effects. And no empathy towards the women who did not need gender quotas to be able to succeed, who now have to deal with everyone silently questioning whether they are here because of some quota.