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This article sounds woefully out of touch with the realities of the modern web. So many of the arguments surrounding Damore talk as if this is in a vacuum, whe
by quaunaut 9y ago
This article sounds woefully out of touch with the realities of the modern web.
So many of the arguments surrounding Damore talk as if this is in a vacuum, when frankly, it isn't. Much of the message it carried(and did little to discourage) came off as insulting to a group of people who commonly spend every day harassed just for what they are, anytime they have gone online.
The article talks a lot about the fear of an online mob shaming people for doing something, yet completely ignores that many of those in said mob are harassed daily based on their mere existence, and often their "shaming" comes from a place of just not wanting to be hurt again.
Is it necessarily the most effective means of accomplishing this? Certainly not, and I'm not about to claim to support what it becomes, but to call question to that and speak from such a "Nice problem to have" place to people suffering a much worse version of what you're talking about reeks of "Let them eat cake".
- skybrian 9y agoWhile I agree that the article is exaggerated, consider that being harassed doesn't prevent one from harassing others. The people in a crowd may have very understandable reasons for their behavior, and yet it might be a good idea to avoid their attention.
- alphaalpha101 9y ago>So many of the arguments surrounding Damore talk as if this is in a vacuum, when frankly, it isn't. Much of the message it carried(and did little to discourage) came off as insulting to a group of people who commonly spend every day harassed just for what they are, anytime they have gone online. That would, presumably, be women in software? Because as far as I can tell, the only people being regularly harassed on Twitter are people that don't think women should get special rights...
- adjkant 9y agoI can't speak specifically to online, but this is in general: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/04/why-is-silicon-valley-so-awful-to-women/517788/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/04/why-is-...
- xxXXxx- 9y agoYou can't be serious. I literally got harassed by a stranger yesterday.
- josteink 9y agoIf you consider discussing policy changes you don't like "harassment", I can see how your daily life must be a true struggle. You have my condolences. I hope you don't consider this online disagreement "harassment". If so: recurse, see above.