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Any part you are referring to? I can't find any personal attack. I actually like his writing style. I think he just speaks his mind in full honesty and you sho

Any part you are referring to? I can't find any personal attack. I actually like his writing style. I think he just speaks his mind in full honesty and you should not interpret it as aggressivity.

joe_mamba 5mo ago
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- superxpro12 5mo ago
  Thats.... not right? She's becoming more and more anti-trans every day. Harmless is a mischaracterization of her stances.
  - pfannkuchen 5mo ago
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  - cityu 5mo ago
    Actually she's standing up for women's rights. If this upsets the misogynists, so be it.
    - superxpro12 5mo ago
      Let's agree to disagree. It's possible to support women's right and trans rights at the same time. It's the exclusion that ultimately leads to the damaging aspects of this "policy".
      - cityu 5mo ago
        So when she says: "Women should not be limited, punished or abused because of their femaleness, but their being female is an observable fact. It is also the basis for their historic oppression. Replacing verifiable sex with gender identity helps nobody but men trying to take women's rights." And: "Of course trans-identified men have the right to exist. They have the same rights to employment, housing, the vote and personal safety as every other citizen. However, they aren't entitled to enter women's reserved spaces or sports, because they are male." And: "I don't believe there's such a thing as 'gender' in the way trans activists use it, ie, as an inner male or female essence that is independent of the sexed body, so it's a matter of total indifference to me what an individual trans person looks like or how well they pass. They're free to identify however they like, whatever they look like. The clash of rights starts when they demand my compelled speech and that I, the law and the whole of society agrees they're a member of the opposite sex." How are you interpreting her perspective as not being fundamentally based on women's rights advocacy?
- latexr 5mo ago
  I’m not actively following the saga, but that seems like a gross mischaracterisation in all directions. I haven’t seen anyone seriously call her a Nazi¹ and her comments aren’t harmless either. ¹ Though I wouldn’t be surprised if it has happened. But then again that’s not saying much on the internet. Doing a cursory search, I found a post² on her own website where she complains someone said she has “uphold [Nazi] ideology around gender”. “Nazi” is between brackets, presumably meaning it’s a substitute for another word, and even then that’s not calling her one. ² https://www.jkrowling.com/opinions/statement-from-j-k-rowling-14th-march-2024/ https://www.jkrowling.com/opinions/statement-from-j-k-rowlin...
  - snatekay 5mo ago
    Substituting a pronoun with its antecedent in brackets is normal when quoting in English. The original quote: “The Nazis burnt books on trans healthcare and research, why are you so desperate to uphold their ideology around gender?” https://x.com/jk_rowling/status/1767912990366388735 https://x.com/jk_rowling/status/1767912990366388735 https://xcancel.com/jk_rowling/status/1767912990366388735 https://xcancel.com/jk_rowling/status/1767912990366388735
sjjsjsvdd 5mo ago
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latexr 5mo ago
> I can't find any personal attack. Your parent comment gave a paraphrased example of discrimination against a group, not a person. > you should not interpret it as aggressivity Your parent comment didn’t describe it as aggressive, they described it as dehumanising. There is a colossal difference between the two. Patton Oswalt demonstrates: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkKo1_RP_0c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkKo1_RP_0c Note: I don’t have a Twitter account nor have I ever encountered Dimitry’s writing, so I’m not commenting either way, but if you want to refute/contradict/disagree what your parent comment said, it’s important to respond to the point they made, not different ones.
- harrouet 5mo ago
  Thx, indeed I was only referring to the article. Not doing a full background check. The GP was not providing any detail.
wholinator2 5mo ago
I had a stroll though his Twitter. It's just a grab bag of strawmen being summarily beaten mostly by the fact that no one is replying to challenge him.
jmcgough 5mo ago
Took two minutes of reading his Twitter to find him comparing black people to chimpanzees.
ryukoposting 5mo ago
He tried to start a shit-flinging contest with me in an HN comment thread once. Accused Zephyr RTOS of being "bloat" or something. As a fellow embedded dev, I smile every time one of his projects shows up on HN. He's really talented. But c'mon, dude.

Any part you are referring to? I can't find any personal attack. I actually like his writing style. I think he just speaks his mind in full honesty and you should not interpret it as aggressivity.

joe_mamba 5mo ago

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superxpro12 5mo ago
Thats.... not right? She's becoming more and more anti-trans every day. Harmless is a mischaracterization of her stances.
- pfannkuchen 5mo ago
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- cityu 5mo ago
  Actually she's standing up for women's rights. If this upsets the misogynists, so be it.
  - superxpro12 5mo ago
    Let's agree to disagree. It's possible to support women's right and trans rights at the same time. It's the exclusion that ultimately leads to the damaging aspects of this "policy".
    - cityu 5mo ago
      So when she says: "Women should not be limited, punished or abused because of their femaleness, but their being female is an observable fact. It is also the basis for their historic oppression. Replacing verifiable sex with gender identity helps nobody but men trying to take women's rights." And: "Of course trans-identified men have the right to exist. They have the same rights to employment, housing, the vote and personal safety as every other citizen. However, they aren't entitled to enter women's reserved spaces or sports, because they are male." And: "I don't believe there's such a thing as 'gender' in the way trans activists use it, ie, as an inner male or female essence that is independent of the sexed body, so it's a matter of total indifference to me what an individual trans person looks like or how well they pass. They're free to identify however they like, whatever they look like. The clash of rights starts when they demand my compelled speech and that I, the law and the whole of society agrees they're a member of the opposite sex." How are you interpreting her perspective as not being fundamentally based on women's rights advocacy?
latexr 5mo ago
I’m not actively following the saga, but that seems like a gross mischaracterisation in all directions. I haven’t seen anyone seriously call her a Nazi¹ and her comments aren’t harmless either. ¹ Though I wouldn’t be surprised if it has happened. But then again that’s not saying much on the internet. Doing a cursory search, I found a post² on her own website where she complains someone said she has “uphold [Nazi] ideology around gender”. “Nazi” is between brackets, presumably meaning it’s a substitute for another word, and even then that’s not calling her one. ² https://www.jkrowling.com/opinions/statement-from-j-k-rowling-14th-march-2024/ https://www.jkrowling.com/opinions/statement-from-j-k-rowlin...
- snatekay 5mo ago
  Substituting a pronoun with its antecedent in brackets is normal when quoting in English. The original quote: “The Nazis burnt books on trans healthcare and research, why are you so desperate to uphold their ideology around gender?” https://x.com/jk_rowling/status/1767912990366388735 https://x.com/jk_rowling/status/1767912990366388735 https://xcancel.com/jk_rowling/status/1767912990366388735 https://xcancel.com/jk_rowling/status/1767912990366388735

sjjsjsvdd 5mo ago

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latexr 5mo ago

> I can't find any personal attack. Your parent comment gave a paraphrased example of discrimination against a group, not a person. > you should not interpret it as aggressivity Your parent comment didn’t describe it as aggressive, they described it as dehumanising. There is a colossal difference between the two. Patton Oswalt demonstrates: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkKo1_RP_0c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkKo1_RP_0c Note: I don’t have a Twitter account nor have I ever encountered Dimitry’s writing, so I’m not commenting either way, but if you want to refute/contradict/disagree what your parent comment said, it’s important to respond to the point they made, not different ones.

harrouet 5mo ago
Thx, indeed I was only referring to the article. Not doing a full background check. The GP was not providing any detail.

wholinator2 5mo ago

I had a stroll though his Twitter. It's just a grab bag of strawmen being summarily beaten mostly by the fact that no one is replying to challenge him.

jmcgough 5mo ago

Took two minutes of reading his Twitter to find him comparing black people to chimpanzees.

ryukoposting 5mo ago

He tried to start a shit-flinging contest with me in an HN comment thread once. Accused Zephyr RTOS of being "bloat" or something. As a fellow embedded dev, I smile every time one of his projects shows up on HN. He's really talented. But c'mon, dude.