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Believe it or not, there is a large, large space between acting socially responsible and wanting money for "an edgy leftist position." So large. A gulf. Maybe

Believe it or not, there is a large, large space between acting socially responsible and wanting money for "an edgy leftist position." So large. A gulf. Maybe you misread the question? Out of morbid curiosity - who do you believe is funding the breakup of the nuclear family? Where are you getting this from? And I'll bet you $10 that you are American - in no other country in the world is "tech companies want to dismantle the nuclear family" a somewhat common belief. Except maybe Saudi Arabia and some other "theocracies".

jungletime 6y ago
Sorry if this hurt your feelings. You're one of the good people, doing great work. From reading "How to Win Friends..." I learned the importance to make people feel important. Sorry if I didn't do that in this case. My acumen is smaller. I apologize for any triggering. I was just poking fun at tech companies, funding not so well thought out positions. To answer your question, its currently one of the stated goals of BLM.
- jrmg 6y ago
  “Dismantle the nuclear family” ... “currently one of the stated goals of BLM” This is patent nonsense. Why would you ever believe that’s the goal of any widely supported organization? What happened to Occam’s razor? The absurdity of this claim inspired me to “do my own research” on the matter. The notion that this is a “goal” seems to stem from this portion of the “what we believe” page here: https://blacklivesmatter.com/what-we-believe/ https://blacklivesmatter.com/what-we-believe/ > We make our spaces family-friendly and enable parents to fully participate with their children. We dismantle the patriarchal practice that requires mothers to work ‘double shifts’ so that they can mother in private even as they participate in public justice work. > > We disrupt the Western-prescribed nuclear family structure requirement by supporting each other as extended families and ‘villages’ that collectively care for one another, especially our children, to the degree that mothers, parents, and children are comfortable. Family friendly spaces and supporting each other as extended families are hardly “dismantling the nuclear family”.
  - jungletime 6y ago
    So BLM won't pay for babysitting for single mothers out protesting? So much for supporting women that quit their two jobs to support a cause they get millions in donations for. This is hilarious, drivel for the stupid. But patriarchy and nuclear family bad.
  - dftt 6y ago
    ...please don't feed the trolls. Flag, downvote, and move on.
    - grzm 6y ago
      Similarly, please don't create accounts just to post things like this.
      - dftt 6y ago
        I don't see the harm. What am I missing? Genuinely not trolling you here.
        grzm 6y ago
        From the guidelines: > "Throwaway accounts are ok for sensitive information, but please don't create accounts routinely. HN is a community—users should have an identity that others can relate to." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

jungletime 6y ago

Sorry if this hurt your feelings. You're one of the good people, doing great work. From reading "How to Win Friends..." I learned the importance to make people feel important. Sorry if I didn't do that in this case. My acumen is smaller. I apologize for any triggering. I was just poking fun at tech companies, funding not so well thought out positions. To answer your question, its currently one of the stated goals of BLM.

jrmg 6y ago
“Dismantle the nuclear family” ... “currently one of the stated goals of BLM” This is patent nonsense. Why would you ever believe that’s the goal of any widely supported organization? What happened to Occam’s razor? The absurdity of this claim inspired me to “do my own research” on the matter. The notion that this is a “goal” seems to stem from this portion of the “what we believe” page here: https://blacklivesmatter.com/what-we-believe/ https://blacklivesmatter.com/what-we-believe/ > We make our spaces family-friendly and enable parents to fully participate with their children. We dismantle the patriarchal practice that requires mothers to work ‘double shifts’ so that they can mother in private even as they participate in public justice work. > > We disrupt the Western-prescribed nuclear family structure requirement by supporting each other as extended families and ‘villages’ that collectively care for one another, especially our children, to the degree that mothers, parents, and children are comfortable. Family friendly spaces and supporting each other as extended families are hardly “dismantling the nuclear family”.
- jungletime 6y ago
  So BLM won't pay for babysitting for single mothers out protesting? So much for supporting women that quit their two jobs to support a cause they get millions in donations for. This is hilarious, drivel for the stupid. But patriarchy and nuclear family bad.
- dftt 6y ago
  ...please don't feed the trolls. Flag, downvote, and move on.
  - grzm 6y ago
    Similarly, please don't create accounts just to post things like this.
    - dftt 6y ago
      I don't see the harm. What am I missing? Genuinely not trolling you here.
      - grzm 6y ago
        From the guidelines: > "Throwaway accounts are ok for sensitive information, but please don't create accounts routinely. HN is a community—users should have an identity that others can relate to." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html