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Skimming WWC's website: https://womenwhocode.com https://womenwhocode.com It looks like this organization provides technical training (or collates such learnin

Skimming WWC's website: https://womenwhocode.com https://womenwhocode.com It looks like this organization provides technical training (or collates such learning resources), facilitates professional networking, provides information on job openings, and self-perpetuates by calling for volunteer participation. Pretty innocuous stuff as far as nonprofits go. You could find this sort of support network probably for any underrepresented demographic in any profession or context- The American Association for Men in Nursing: https://www.aamn.org https://www.aamn.org MenTeach, to promote male teachers: https://www.menteach.org https://www.menteach.org A call for more male childcare workers: https://www.cdacouncil.org/en/published-article/opinion-male-educators-in-the-child-care-workforce/ https://www.cdacouncil.org/en/published-article/opinion-male... No idea why such an entity receives this sort of tiresome culture war pushback. This is America, there are organizations for any cause and identity. We have scholarships for left-handed people and Syrians for President Nixon pins (https://www.hakes.com/Auction/ItemDetail/82487/NIXON-28-NATIONALITY-BUTTONS-PLUS-2-ODD-BALLS-FROM-1972 https://www.hakes.com/Auction/ItemDetail/82487/NIXON-28-NATI...). I feel like this is just a unique facet of the culture, where because individualism is so emphasized, people have to find solidarity in specific identities.

anonfordays 3y ago
>You could find this sort of support network probably for any underrepresented demographic in any profession or context >This is America, there are organizations for any cause and identity. We have scholarships for left-handed people and Syrians for President Nixon pins Those examples you listed, combined, don't get a tenth of the funding that WWC does. Nor do they have the same scale of industry backing. The last link is an opinion piece, not a nonprofit for "underrepresented" groups. >No idea why such an entity receives this sort of tiresome culture war pushback. Because WWC is ideologically aligned [0]; they picked a side in the culture war. [0] https://womenwhocode.com/blog/category/dei-observances https://womenwhocode.com/blog/category/dei-observances
- Apocryphon 3y ago
  And yet, they exist. That's the point. These sorts of groups all exist in one fashion or another. You quibble about the amount of funding involved, but ultimately they all exist within the same framework of interest groups for those who ascribe to certain identities. That is a phenomenon that precedes any such "culture war" observed by a narrow time perspective. It is something that predates de Tocqueville.
  - anonfordays 3y ago
    >And yet, they exist. That's the point. These sorts of groups all exist in one fashion or another. No one has denied they exist, this is a classic motte-and-bailey fallacy. >You quibble about the amount of funding involved, but ultimately they all exist within the same framework of interest groups for those who ascribe to certain identities. "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." >That is a phenomenon that precedes any such "culture war" observed by a narrow time perspective. It is something that predates de Tocqueville. I don't disagree (Published 17 August 1945)[0]... [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_Farm https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_Farm
    - Apocryphon 3y ago
      The entire discourse seems to contest their very existence, and not even dive into the details. You are the only one arguing about the amount of money involved as if it matters a whit of difference. My entire point is to explain why the existence of such groups is unremarkable, and unworthy of outrage. I care not for your naming of fallacies. And in tech it is vital to tend to one's moat. > "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." > I don't disagree (Published 17 August 1945)[0] Animal Farm is an allegory about the Soviet Union under Stalin and not a novel about the United States. de Tocqueville lived in the 19th century, which predates 1945. Please, if you are going to ever read only one book, at least read it enough times to get it right.
      - anonfordays 3y ago
        >The entire discourse seems to contest their very existence Except it doesn't, and again, no one has denied their existence. >You are the only one arguing about the amount of money involved as if it matters a whit of difference. My entire point is to explain why the existence of such groups is unremarkable, and unworthy of outrage. You've explained poorly. Once more, no one is arguing that the existence of such groups is remarkable. Quite the contrary, they're par for the course in CURRRNTYEAR. They are most definitely worthy of outrage considering they're size (backing) and far-left ideological alignment. >And in tech it is vital to tend to one's moat. In preparation to tilt at windmills for sure. >Animal Farm is an allegory about the Soviet Union under Stalin and not a novel about the United States. Indeed, which makes its prescience all the more amazing. >de Tocqueville lived in the 19th century, which predates 1945. Please, if you are going to ever read only one book, at least read it enough times to get it right. It's not the 19th century, and we're not discussing democracy in the US. Please, if you're going to ever read only one book, at least read it enough times to get it right, and don't choose the book that every political science major reads as a freshman to sound well read. Embarrassing.

anonfordays 3y ago

>You could find this sort of support network probably for any underrepresented demographic in any profession or context >This is America, there are organizations for any cause and identity. We have scholarships for left-handed people and Syrians for President Nixon pins Those examples you listed, combined, don't get a tenth of the funding that WWC does. Nor do they have the same scale of industry backing. The last link is an opinion piece, not a nonprofit for "underrepresented" groups. >No idea why such an entity receives this sort of tiresome culture war pushback. Because WWC is ideologically aligned [0]; they picked a side in the culture war. [0] https://womenwhocode.com/blog/category/dei-observances https://womenwhocode.com/blog/category/dei-observances

Apocryphon 3y ago
And yet, they exist. That's the point. These sorts of groups all exist in one fashion or another. You quibble about the amount of funding involved, but ultimately they all exist within the same framework of interest groups for those who ascribe to certain identities. That is a phenomenon that precedes any such "culture war" observed by a narrow time perspective. It is something that predates de Tocqueville.
- anonfordays 3y ago
  >And yet, they exist. That's the point. These sorts of groups all exist in one fashion or another. No one has denied they exist, this is a classic motte-and-bailey fallacy. >You quibble about the amount of funding involved, but ultimately they all exist within the same framework of interest groups for those who ascribe to certain identities. "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." >That is a phenomenon that precedes any such "culture war" observed by a narrow time perspective. It is something that predates de Tocqueville. I don't disagree (Published 17 August 1945)[0]... [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_Farm https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_Farm
  - Apocryphon 3y ago
    The entire discourse seems to contest their very existence, and not even dive into the details. You are the only one arguing about the amount of money involved as if it matters a whit of difference. My entire point is to explain why the existence of such groups is unremarkable, and unworthy of outrage. I care not for your naming of fallacies. And in tech it is vital to tend to one's moat. > "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." > I don't disagree (Published 17 August 1945)[0] Animal Farm is an allegory about the Soviet Union under Stalin and not a novel about the United States. de Tocqueville lived in the 19th century, which predates 1945. Please, if you are going to ever read only one book, at least read it enough times to get it right.
    - anonfordays 3y ago
      >The entire discourse seems to contest their very existence Except it doesn't, and again, no one has denied their existence. >You are the only one arguing about the amount of money involved as if it matters a whit of difference. My entire point is to explain why the existence of such groups is unremarkable, and unworthy of outrage. You've explained poorly. Once more, no one is arguing that the existence of such groups is remarkable. Quite the contrary, they're par for the course in CURRRNTYEAR. They are most definitely worthy of outrage considering they're size (backing) and far-left ideological alignment. >And in tech it is vital to tend to one's moat. In preparation to tilt at windmills for sure. >Animal Farm is an allegory about the Soviet Union under Stalin and not a novel about the United States. Indeed, which makes its prescience all the more amazing. >de Tocqueville lived in the 19th century, which predates 1945. Please, if you are going to ever read only one book, at least read it enough times to get it right. It's not the 19th century, and we're not discussing democracy in the US. Please, if you're going to ever read only one book, at least read it enough times to get it right, and don't choose the book that every political science major reads as a freshman to sound well read. Embarrassing.