[comment on the comments here] These threads make me so depressed. HN is normally such a well-informed, polite place. Then someone posts a "sexism exists and i

[comment on the comments here] These threads make me so depressed. HN is normally such a well-informed, polite place. Then someone posts a "sexism exists and is bad" post and suddenly this is a youtube comment thread where wilfully-ignorant people shout at each other (alas, with a layer of smugness because they have superficially analysed the problem, or rather, have analysed how to speak their prejudice while sounding logical.) The contributions on the side of the angels always get more upvotes, but the sheer numbers of those on the other side often seem to drown them out. Boo, I say! Less of this sort of thing!