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I think you're way off. The phrase could be used in such a way, but even in this thread the person to whom this insult was leveled against did not say "there's
by dyno12345 13y ago
I think you're way off. The phrase could be used in such a way, but even in this thread the person to whom this insult was leveled against did not say "there's no possible way there's systemic bias against women" or deny anything about women or anything like it. The way you're using "context" is a hand-waving, straw person, red herring. You should check the context.
- steveklabnik 13y agoI was speaking about the phrase in the abstract, first of all. Second, mistercow discusses the context and the reasons it was said in this thread below, you should take it up with them.
- dyno12345 13y agoI think the phrase is disrespectful in any context and all this talk of context and abstractness and strawpersons thereof are red herrings.
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- camelite 13y agoWhat, exactly, are these abstract phrases of which you speak? Does how the phrase actually gets used matter to you? Or do we all get to invent imaginary conversations for abstract phrases and lilly-white motivations for our (imaginary) protagonists? You accused someone of ignoring context but you're inventing it.