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> a total white boys club, the most homogeneous conference I've ever been to. Sorry you feel that way. Personally, diversity of people's thought interests me
by cbeach 3y ago
> a total white boys club, the most homogeneous conference I've ever been to.
Sorry you feel that way.
Personally, diversity of people's thought interests me more than diversity of their superficial birth characteristics.
I recall meeting great people and talking about all manner of things when I last attended FOSDEM.
Maybe next time try interacting more - learning about people's character and experience - rather than judging those people on their skin colour at first glance?
- bowsamic 3y agoThere’s no way you’ve been here for 12 years and think this comment is appropriate for this forum
- zilti 3y agoIs it that bad now here, too?
- bowsamic 3y agoThe tone of the comment is dishonest and mocking while responding to an unqualified but reasonable concern. It isn’t appropriate for this forum. In the past this forum was much less conservative though
- zilti 3y agoI don't see anything dishonest and mocking in calling out racism and sexism. At most, the comment is a bit condescending.
- bowsamic 3y agoHow is it "calling out racism and sexism", the initial comment was the opposite of sexist and racist. The comment I replied to was racist and sexist. The original comment was anti-sexist and anti-racist What is dishonest is that both you and the person I replied to are pretending that anti-racism is racism and racism is anti-racism
- zilti 3y ago"Don't judge people by their skin colour or superficial birth characteristics" is what now? Racist and sexist? Good grief. I am so done.
- bowsamic 3y agoLiterally, yes. Please google “systemic racism” EDIT just checked your history and its full of right wing provocateur comments, not a surprise…
- zilti 3y agoFor the record: you are in all seriousness claiming that it is racist to not judge people by their skin color. Wow. That really is an impressive amount of mental gymnastics.
- cbeach 3y agoThere is "systemic racism" in the ideology that: * only white people can be racist. * all black people are victims of racism. * skin colour diversity in industry, and racial wealth distribution, needs to be achieved coercisively, as opposed to meritocratically Please google "the soft bigotry of low expectations" to get an understanding of why your ideology is harmful, not just to the white people you are directly bigoted towards, but also the black people you think you're helping.
- cbeach 3y agoIt makes me sad for society, and concerned for my children, that many people on the Left now believe that racism and sexism are okay, provided they are directed toward white men. The Overton Window shifted sufficiently far to the left that perpetrators of anti-white and anti-male bigotry can't even comprehend why some would find it disagreeable. I think we need to take a long hard look at the education system, legacy media and social media, and tackle hyper-"progressive" ideology where necessary. Society is going to a dark place if we allow the next generation to be endoctrinated with moral relativism.
- bowsamic 3y agoIs this satire?
- cbeach 3y agoTry to picture how you would respond if I (a white man) attended an event in a majority-black country and expressed my disdain that it was a "total black boys club" You'd call out the racism in my (hypothetical) statement, right? At least, I hope you would.
- DANmode 3y agoWhat are you talking about?
- zilti 3y agoThank you, spot-on.