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The culture we used to have didn't cared about isms or whatever you want to call them. This reads like a 4chan teenager's manifesto. Alright, a bunch of nerds
by resu_nimda 12y ago
The culture we used to have didn't cared about isms or whatever you want to call them.
This reads like a 4chan teenager's manifesto. Alright, a bunch of nerds in their basements who are just so edgy and can say whatever they want. Badass! Well, you might be pleased to know that you're totally free to carry on the misanthropy club in plenty of areas of the internet. But here on Hacker News, and apparently especially at Hacker School, a lot of people that are actually coming from within the culture would like to see some change.
When I read this article, I too was annoyed. I felt it was over the top, way too politically correct. But then I read the comments here, and it's basically all these people coming out of the woodwork and vaulting right over the spirit of understanding in their haste to defend their right to be acerbic assholes.
They're not trying to silence you, they're just trying to implement guidelines that foster inclusion and collaboration. Is that really so awful?
- invadedby 12y agoThis reads like a 4chan teenager's manifesto. a bunch of nerds in their basements How can you talk that way and the next moment talk about fostering inclusion?
- rev_bird 12y agoThe guy calling "let's strive for inclusive language" an invasion by thought police probably doesn't get to drive the hypocrisy bus.
- resu_nimda 12y agoYou do have a point - I did succumb to the temptation to hyperbolize, which made my argument weaker. But the point still stands.
- wmj 12y agoWhat do you have against teenagers? That whole spiel is most unsubtly ageist.