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Please define "radical feminism" and how it applies to this situation?
by discodave 13y ago
Please define "radical feminism" and how it applies to this situation?
- facepalm 13y agoIn this case one obvious aspect is having the basic belief that "a woman complaining of abuse is always in the right".
- comrh 13y agoThe basic belief is "someone complaining of abuse" is always taken seriously. Further, this is concerning a person with a power disadvantage in their environment who is going to be subject to the array of classic silencing techniques that criticize not her argument but her person. Interestingly enough you're using one as well classifying the response as "radical feminism". This discredits their position because they were "too aggressive". It is another argument that adds nothing because it attacks their tone and not ideas.
- facepalm 13y agoWell what does the Ada initiative know about the case? GitHub claims they did an investigation, and they let people go. So on what basis does Ada initiative assume misconduct, apart from their ideology?
- comrh 13y agoIt is extremely common for companies and organizations to bail on relationships with people and other companies when there is even just the suggestion of a controversial issue. To act like this behavior is somehow exclusive to "radical feminists" or that it means they "always assume the female is 100% in the right" doesn't make any sense. Also this fits pretty well: http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Innocent_until_proven_guilty http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Innocent_until_proven_gui...
- facepalm 13y agoSeriously? I'm sorry, but there is no alternative to innocent until proven guilty. It's not a silencing tactic, it is a basic necessity of making complex societies work. These women are dangerous fanatics.
- lawnchair_larry 13y agoThe Ada Initiative.