I am confused as to why this specific issue has to be so slathered in a gross layer of politics and 'progressive' thinking. Tons of people in the thread (as us

I am confused as to why this specific issue has to be so slathered in a gross layer of politics and 'progressive' thinking. Tons of people in the thread (as usual) are discussing it as a left vs right, men vs women, libertarian vs authoritarian, young vs old, etc. kind of issue. Why the fuck can't we all just agree that what they said was inappropriate and warranted professional consequences? Everyone deserves basic human decency and a professional attitude in their workplace, regardless of demographic, and thus it is silly to have the first sentence of your complaint be "As a white man..." or "As a woman..." To do so is to constantly compare the value of someone's experience over other experiences, when the answer is too obvious for this to be necessary. If you were talking about society or public policy it would make more sense I suppose, but this is not a society, it's a game company with a terrible culture. I think part of it might be that HNers (myself included, to be honest) like to hear themselves talk and have a lot to say that some of these comments come about.