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>I can tell you that I have a male named account on hacker news and it never, ever gets called too angry, or aggressive, or emotional. I'm not being sarcastic
by Dwolb 12y ago
>I can tell you that I have a male named account on hacker news and it never, ever gets called too angry, or aggressive, or emotional.
I'm not being sarcastic or facetious - this is a very enlightning statement and I almost cannot believe my own bias. To me your comments have sounded aggressive and emotional and it may just be my subconcious had seen your account name and biased my conscious assessment. So please forgive this bias, I didn't realize it ever existed! (for what it's worth I have historically thought myself to be logical, rational, and understanding of my own bias in most circumstances!)
- melindajb 12y agoI respect your ability to admit that and share it with people here. Truly isn't that the way we can all get better at understanding each other, to walk in each other's shoes? hats off to you.
- erichocean 12y agoI also thought the OP "sounded aggressive and emotional", and it was until she brought up the issue of a commenter's gender that I notice the OP's own gender (assuming "Melinda" is female, of course). I'm male BTW.