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I think that's actually a question worth examining. I'm a little uncomfortable that the protests got him fired. The initial problem wasn't that the employee w

I think that's actually a question worth examining. I'm a little uncomfortable that the protests got him fired. The initial problem wasn't that the employee was hired, it was Reddit's heavy-handed filtering, censoring, and autobanning. Firing the employee doesn't fix the actual issue. Between Reddit and the employee, there's stuff we don't know and won't ever know. Did he hide info during the hiring process, and so on. Maybe the firing was justified, maybe it wasn't. He was never charged or convicted of a crime, and the idea of continuously punishing him just because of suspicions or associating isn't right. On the other hand, I think it would have been sensible to Reddit to have avoided hiring him in the first place. We might have to see whether the opprobrium spreads to future employment, social media accounts, and so on. That would definitely be cancellation, and wrong.

pwinnski 6y ago
You seemed to go out of your way to use misgendered pronouns in your comment, which isn't cool. You don't have to like a person to refer to her the way everybody sees her. At the very least it avoids confusion.
- angrais 6y ago
  You're right that the parent comment used the incorrect pronoun. However, how are you to know this was not a mistake and why do you think OP "went out of their way"? Also, isn't "everybody" incorrect given OPs statement?
  - pwinnski 6y ago
    At the time of my comment, theirs was the only comment with the wrong pronouns, and at least five times. This in response to a story that consistently uses a feminine name and feminine pronouns, which are also consistently used in all the other reporting I've seen on the subject at hand. The only places I've seen masculine pronouns used before today have been from commenters expressing negative views of transgender people. Based on that, I think it was fair to say that they seemingly went out of their way to use the wrong pronouns. I did not, however, accuse them of being anti-transgender on that basis alone. Clearly the voting disagrees with my observation, or simply agrees with mis-gendering Ms. Knight.
    - angrais 6y ago
      As I said above, the quantity of misuse of pronouns isn't really relevant as if you use one (her/him) you would use the same for consistency. So it you misunderstood and say use Him then of course you'll want to use elsewhere. Having said that, I agree with you that OP may have intended to be mean. I've no idea though - perhaps it's better to be kinder and assume innocency than attacking OP? Or perhaps asking OP to clarify? I'm not sure the down-voting implies an agreement with mis-gendering. To write that says a lot and I don't think many on hackerrews would agree. Either way, would be easier to use the person's name in place of pronouns.

pwinnski 6y ago

You seemed to go out of your way to use misgendered pronouns in your comment, which isn't cool. You don't have to like a person to refer to her the way everybody sees her. At the very least it avoids confusion.

angrais 6y ago
You're right that the parent comment used the incorrect pronoun. However, how are you to know this was not a mistake and why do you think OP "went out of their way"? Also, isn't "everybody" incorrect given OPs statement?
- pwinnski 6y ago
  At the time of my comment, theirs was the only comment with the wrong pronouns, and at least five times. This in response to a story that consistently uses a feminine name and feminine pronouns, which are also consistently used in all the other reporting I've seen on the subject at hand. The only places I've seen masculine pronouns used before today have been from commenters expressing negative views of transgender people. Based on that, I think it was fair to say that they seemingly went out of their way to use the wrong pronouns. I did not, however, accuse them of being anti-transgender on that basis alone. Clearly the voting disagrees with my observation, or simply agrees with mis-gendering Ms. Knight.
  - angrais 6y ago
    As I said above, the quantity of misuse of pronouns isn't really relevant as if you use one (her/him) you would use the same for consistency. So it you misunderstood and say use Him then of course you'll want to use elsewhere. Having said that, I agree with you that OP may have intended to be mean. I've no idea though - perhaps it's better to be kinder and assume innocency than attacking OP? Or perhaps asking OP to clarify? I'm not sure the down-voting implies an agreement with mis-gendering. To write that says a lot and I don't think many on hackerrews would agree. Either way, would be easier to use the person's name in place of pronouns.