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I am not a burning building. That is exactly the sort of patronizing garbage that creates problems.

smtddr 12y ago
Okay, so I deleted all my comments on this thread because I just gave up... but I'm going to repost the comic strip due to your reply and for context of what I'm going to say next: http://i.imgur.com/bTOhZzL.png http://i.imgur.com/bTOhZzL.png Now, this comic strip was made for the black people who have recently lost their lives to law enforcement. This comic strip is a metaphor and I, as a black man, am not sitting here being offended that my __LIFE__ was compared to a burning house. I get the __POINT__ that the comic strip artist is making by using something else that everyone understands and are neutral about; like a house. Because anytime you try to use gender/race/religion in an example, discussion gets difficult. I do not see it as "patronizing garbage" at all and it was drawn specifically for people of my ethnicity. I'm the house and the fire is suppose to represent my __DEATH__. I now fully regret getting involved in these comments.
- kaitai 12y ago
  I'm sorry you regret it. For once, I appreciated reading to the end of an HN comment thread. The comic you posted is a useful illustration.
- imanaccount247 12y ago
  I am not offended due to being compared to a burning house. I am offended because I understand the comic, and it is patronizing garbage. Men suggesting that as a woman my life requires saving via sexism is what is insulting. I'm the house and the fire is supposed to represent the horrors of being in the same room as the opposite sex. You seriously can't see why I would find that patronizing and insulting? My life is not at risk going to a tech conference.
  - smtddr 12y ago
    I see we're not going to agree on this. My final comment/footnote for posterity: For me, the fire is my death. For the context of the discussion, the fire is sexism in tech. That's the point & context of why I used it in the reply to ps4fanboy.
    - imanaccount247 12y ago
      >For me, the fire is my death. For the context of the discussion, the fire is sexism in tech I get that. But sexism in tech is an invented problem. It isn't real. I didn't start experiencing any sexism in tech until the "tech is sexist" trope started. Now I get it all the time, from people who think they are helping by treating me differently. I'm curious about this whole death thing for you though. Do you genuinely believe that there is some epidemic of black men getting killed by police? Are you aware of all the white men who have been killed, or has the complete lack of media coverage of those deaths been effective in keeping them from you? Have you stopped to consider that perhaps your situation is not as unique as you assume it to be, and that maybe you are no more on fire than anyone else?
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      - smtddr 12y ago
        The explicit & implicit statements you've made here leave me speechless.
        imanaccount247 12y ago
        No they don't, you just said something. This time try actually expressing yourself instead of making a non-statement that just says "I'm offended by you".
GFK_of_xmaspast 12y ago
Perhaps you are a tumbler, or a government man. Either way, you should keep one step ahead of yourself.

Okay, so I deleted all my comments on this thread because I just gave up... but I'm going to repost the comic strip due to your reply and for context of what I'm going to say next: http://i.imgur.com/bTOhZzL.png http://i.imgur.com/bTOhZzL.png Now, this comic strip was made for the black people who have recently lost their lives to law enforcement. This comic strip is a metaphor and I, as a black man, am not sitting here being offended that my __LIFE__ was compared to a burning house. I get the __POINT__ that the comic strip artist is making by using something else that everyone understands and are neutral about; like a house. Because anytime you try to use gender/race/religion in an example, discussion gets difficult. I do not see it as "patronizing garbage" at all and it was drawn specifically for people of my ethnicity. I'm the house and the fire is suppose to represent my __DEATH__. I now fully regret getting involved in these comments.

kaitai 12y ago
I'm sorry you regret it. For once, I appreciated reading to the end of an HN comment thread. The comic you posted is a useful illustration.
imanaccount247 12y ago
I am not offended due to being compared to a burning house. I am offended because I understand the comic, and it is patronizing garbage. Men suggesting that as a woman my life requires saving via sexism is what is insulting. I'm the house and the fire is supposed to represent the horrors of being in the same room as the opposite sex. You seriously can't see why I would find that patronizing and insulting? My life is not at risk going to a tech conference.
- smtddr 12y ago
  I see we're not going to agree on this. My final comment/footnote for posterity: For me, the fire is my death. For the context of the discussion, the fire is sexism in tech. That's the point & context of why I used it in the reply to ps4fanboy.
  - imanaccount247 12y ago
    >For me, the fire is my death. For the context of the discussion, the fire is sexism in tech I get that. But sexism in tech is an invented problem. It isn't real. I didn't start experiencing any sexism in tech until the "tech is sexist" trope started. Now I get it all the time, from people who think they are helping by treating me differently. I'm curious about this whole death thing for you though. Do you genuinely believe that there is some epidemic of black men getting killed by police? Are you aware of all the white men who have been killed, or has the complete lack of media coverage of those deaths been effective in keeping them from you? Have you stopped to consider that perhaps your situation is not as unique as you assume it to be, and that maybe you are no more on fire than anyone else?
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    - smtddr 12y ago
      The explicit & implicit statements you've made here leave me speechless.
      - imanaccount247 12y ago
        No they don't, you just said something. This time try actually expressing yourself instead of making a non-statement that just says "I'm offended by you".

GFK_of_xmaspast 12y ago

Perhaps you are a tumbler, or a government man. Either way, you should keep one step ahead of yourself.