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The lack of civility and humanity on the Internet can be astounding. You are a neanderthal if you think it is ok to heckle (at best) or threaten (at worst) wome

• pron 12y ago
  I think much of this behavior is due to people's young age, and the complete lack of understanding of what sexism is. I often see people here on HN confuse sexism (which is a systemic, often cultural discrimination against women, usually with no malice involved) with misogyny (disdain or contempt towards women). They fail to realize that most of us are sexist without realizing it, and that doesn't mean we're evil -- just a product of an unfair society. Instead of listening and trying to find hidden biases (which are sometimes as interesting to spot as a well-hidden bug in a program) they start getting defensive, and quickly progress from sexism to outright misogyny.
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• Zigurd 12y ago
  It's pretty educational. Very few people on this site fall into racist, sexist, homophobic patterns. We would like to believe cops are mostly good. But... If you want to be horrified by what cops really think, go to a cop discussion board. If you want your image of a post-racial America shattered, go to Facebook and search for Ferguson. If you want to find out if there is still a big huge problem with sexism in the tech industry, do a Reddit AMA.
• tzs 12y ago
  > You are a neanderthal I'm not quite sure whether that remark is racist or speciest, but as someone whose DNA is 3.3% Neanderthal according to 23andMe testing, I say screw you either way.
  • Zigurd 12y ago
    He should have used "troglodyte," which is a safely fictional proto-human, to imply someone is an unevolved cave man.