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I have to say, I support this type of thing. It is social commentary in a way. Every patch that gets merged (as this one did) that is absolutely ridiculous sh

I have to say, I support this type of thing. It is social commentary in a way. Every patch that gets merged (as this one did) that is absolutely ridiculous shines a bright light on the fact that it isn't the content of the patches that matter. If you can't tell the difference between an obvious troll with an email address "feministsoftwarefoundation@loves.dicksinmyan.us" and a ridiculous patch from a real one, I think the community needs to take a beat and think about why. Why could it be taken seriously? Why wasn't it challenged? Are we so terrified of being called a sexist that we will do insane things?

codygman 13y ago
I would argue that changing language to be gender neutral hardly counts as insane.
- MetaCosm 13y ago
  They wanted song lyrics changed, they wanted libraries that are provided upstream changed (which the author has no control over). Both of those requests are insane.
  - codygman 13y ago
    They are trolls. They are disappointed that project maintainers are empathetic and merging the pull requests. What do they do? They ask for an impossible request and demand it again and again in the hopes they'll piss someone off. The aim of it all? To make all feminists look like crazy women who you just can't get along with! How does this help anti-feminists? It will inspire you to just tell your woman[1] to get in the kitchen whilst you pick the chili dog out of your neckbeard, dust curmbs off of your formidable beer gut, and submit your newest groundbreaking post to /r/theredpill. Forgive the rant, but I've seen way more sexism today than I care to see. The apologists are just as bad if not worse. 1. Because owning people is definitely ok and part of being a man
    - sleephz 13y ago
      >To make all feminists look like crazy women who you just can't get along with! Because any disagreement with fringe feminists, or "SJWs", is misogyny?
      - codygman 13y ago
        Does disagreeing with the popular male opinion make me a "Social Justice Warrior"? I'm curious... how do you, whatever your background may be, define what is a fringe feminist? I'm interested in how you figure out what is important to a feminist and what makes her a fringe feminist? Are you, or have you ever been totally or partially female? Furthermore, what would you consider an "acceptable feminist"? How can feminists fight for their rights in a way you approve of?
        sleephz 13y ago
        >Does disagreeing with the popular male opinion make me a "Social Justice Warrior"? What popular male opinion is that? >Define fringe feminist Andrea Dworkin >what would you consider an "acceptable feminist"? At no point did I imply that having a different opinion was "unacceptable." Simply: there are fringe and post-modern feminists that, in a nutshell, go far beyond equality and start babbling on about feminist logic. That is what C+= and the FSF are taking the piss out of.
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        quenlinlom 13y ago
        >the popular male opinion I'm sorry, but opinions don't have genders.
        codygman 13y ago
        That's a pretty commonly used phrase, "The popular X opinion". However, I guess it would be more accurate to say "The opinion most commonly held by X". I still think you are being pedantic though.

codygman 13y ago

I would argue that changing language to be gender neutral hardly counts as insane.

MetaCosm 13y ago
They wanted song lyrics changed, they wanted libraries that are provided upstream changed (which the author has no control over). Both of those requests are insane.
- codygman 13y ago
  They are trolls. They are disappointed that project maintainers are empathetic and merging the pull requests. What do they do? They ask for an impossible request and demand it again and again in the hopes they'll piss someone off. The aim of it all? To make all feminists look like crazy women who you just can't get along with! How does this help anti-feminists? It will inspire you to just tell your woman[1] to get in the kitchen whilst you pick the chili dog out of your neckbeard, dust curmbs off of your formidable beer gut, and submit your newest groundbreaking post to /r/theredpill. Forgive the rant, but I've seen way more sexism today than I care to see. The apologists are just as bad if not worse. 1. Because owning people is definitely ok and part of being a man
  - sleephz 13y ago
    >To make all feminists look like crazy women who you just can't get along with! Because any disagreement with fringe feminists, or "SJWs", is misogyny?
    - codygman 13y ago
      Does disagreeing with the popular male opinion make me a "Social Justice Warrior"? I'm curious... how do you, whatever your background may be, define what is a fringe feminist? I'm interested in how you figure out what is important to a feminist and what makes her a fringe feminist? Are you, or have you ever been totally or partially female? Furthermore, what would you consider an "acceptable feminist"? How can feminists fight for their rights in a way you approve of?
      - sleephz 13y ago
        >Does disagreeing with the popular male opinion make me a "Social Justice Warrior"? What popular male opinion is that? >Define fringe feminist Andrea Dworkin >what would you consider an "acceptable feminist"? At no point did I imply that having a different opinion was "unacceptable." Simply: there are fringe and post-modern feminists that, in a nutshell, go far beyond equality and start babbling on about feminist logic. That is what C+= and the FSF are taking the piss out of.
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      - quenlinlom 13y ago
        >the popular male opinion I'm sorry, but opinions don't have genders.
        codygman 13y ago
        That's a pretty commonly used phrase, "The popular X opinion". However, I guess it would be more accurate to say "The opinion most commonly held by X". I still think you are being pedantic though.