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Compare that with http://jacobian.org/writing/what-can-men-do/ http://jacobian.org/writing/what-can-men-do/ , which is linked to in the OP in which he criticize
by taybin 12y ago
Compare that with http://jacobian.org/writing/what-can-men-do/ http://jacobian.org/writing/what-can-men-do/ , which is linked to in the OP in which he criticizes Jeff Atwood for doing it wrong. So wrong that he won't even link to him, even though he acknowledges that his intentions are good.
Edited to fix pronoun.
- mendicant 12y agoPsssst. The OP of this article who criticizes Jeff is Jacob Kaplan-Moss. ie: A male.
- taybin 12y agoWell, burst my bubble and call me Slim.
- freerobby 12y agoI assumed that was a dig at Jeff Atwood, who initially refused to link to Shanley's piece on the grounds that it was hateful.
- taybin 12y agoI wasn't aware of that context. Generally, I'm not a fan of not linking to pieces you're criticizing.
- mreiland 12y agothe poster is misrepresenting Jeff Atwood, see my response to him.
- mreiland 12y agoThat isn't actually what he said, and this is the sort of thing that hurts relations rather than helps them. What he said is that he doesn't link to Shanley in general because all of her stuff is so vitriolic. He then went on to post links to twitter posts of her's showing where she has been extremely vitriolic. He stated that his reasoning is that he does not want to send people to such a place. He didn't simply refuse to link to "Shanley's piece", he refused to link to Shanley at all. But it should be noted that he did link to other authors who are feminist in nature. He has every right to have a problem with a specific person for non-gender reasons, and your portrayal of him otherwise is unfair and deserves to be moderated in order to preserve actual conversation.
- freerobby 12y agoI appreciate the clarification of Jeff's position and rationale. The only point I was making is that the non-linking struck me as a reference to Jeff not linking to Shanley.
- jamesaguilar 12y agoI think this is fine. If you make a bad mistake, even with good intentions, it is reasonable for others to be angry at you. "I was trying" is not a universal defense. "I was trying, I see what I did wrong, thank you for the correction and I'll try to do better next time," however, goes a long way. If Jeff acknowledges his mistakes -- supposing he is convinced they are mistakes -- and makes an honest attempt to be better, anger will likely turn into forgiveness.
- chc 12y agoIs using the same title as somebody else on a piece about the same topic as the other one really a "bad mistake"?
- jamesaguilar 12y agoThat is not the only thing that was criticized about what Atwood said.
- jamesaguilar 12y agoThat is not the only thing that was criticized about what Atwood said.
- nailer 12y ago> appropriating and refusing to acknowledge earlier works from women—specifically, appropriating Shanley’s identically-titled, incredibly-similar “What Can Men Do?,” You mean two different human beings thought about blogging about a popular tech issue? With an obvious title? Atwood must feel ashamed. What an appropriator.