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> these things are hard >> BOOM.. fired! See what happened there? You said it. I overreacted. You were fired. It actually is a real fear that something you say
by Proleps 14y ago
> these things are hard
>> BOOM.. fired! See what happened there? You said it. I overreacted. You were fired. It actually is a real fear that something you say will unknowingly offend someone and get you in trouble. This has less to do with gender and sexism and more to do with just too many people being incapable of getting along.
Something similar actually happened on Twitter, Steve Marx said something about a lynch mob and she turned it into racism[1]
[1] https://twitter.com/adriarichards/status/313946261055221760 https://twitter.com/adriarichards/status/313946261055221760
- jack-r-abbit 14y agoCheese & Rice! I had no idea she was that far out there. As a developer I am offended by her claiming to be an evangelist for us.
- kyle_wm 14y ago"lynching" has a very well-established racial subtext in the US... I'm sure this person didn't intend it that way, but she pointed it out and he apologized, all of which seems completely reasonable.
- jack-r-abbit 14y agowell... he used the word innocently, then she pointed it out she was offended and he apologized for her misunderstanding him... yes, that was reasonable (to an extent). But then, not willing to let it be, she continued to throw race in his face... leaving him not much choice but to continue to defend himself. That is pretty far out there to me.
- smsm42 14y agoThis happens all the time in public politics, when opposing sides playing gotcha with each other and words like "smart" or "golf" can be reinterpreted as racist insults. But there is a cutthroat world where flinging dirt at your opponent may be your only way to get ahead. Sad to see it invade other aspects of life to.