You're both right. (I'm half in the in-group and half-out.) It's nice that there's no political litmus test to post here. My gay butt would rather have to read

You're both right. (I'm half in the in-group and half-out.) It's nice that there's no political litmus test to post here. My gay butt would rather have to read some eyeroll inducing things but receive a greater variety of opinions because I favor variety in topics and opinions. This is because I think opinion and topic variety is important to synthesizing new ideas, to discovery, and to serendipity, which is what I like about tech. On the other hand, it means if you point out that these demographics impact the tech world or its discussion centers, you get poo-poo'ed. As somebody who would love to discuss things like the benefits, unexpected consequences, and drawbacks of more women in STEM or how, if all developers on a project share traits, they're more likely to miss needed features or key bugs depending on their audience (something I've also seen on all 'marginalized' teams), there's not anywhere to have those discussions that don't turn into shit-flinging contests that would make chimpanzees proud.