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As far as I know there are no actual instances of sexist behavior attributed to Pax Dickinson outside of shitty jokes on Twitter. He might be an ass, but I'm de
by pkinsky 12y ago
As far as I know there are no actual instances of sexist behavior attributed to Pax Dickinson outside of shitty jokes on Twitter. He might be an ass, but I'm deeply uncomfortable with de-facto blacklisting purely as a response to offensive speech.
(And since this is deep in identity politics territory I'm saying that as a gay man of middle eastern ancestry.)
- alxjrvs 12y agoI think it has a great deal of worth, especially considering how much people in his (and most) industries operate with twitter as a public-facing manifestation of yourself. Secondly, not wanting to do business with someone because they are an ass...sounds pretty reasonable to me.
- pkinsky 12y agoIt's reasonable in the individual case, but the effect is still forcing someone out of the industry for making blasphemous, err, offensive jokes. (not, as far as we know, being an ass at work) This seems uncomfortably similar to blacklisting someone for being a Communist, even if it's an emergent blacklisting and not a top-down edict.