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I really don't think you have a very good handle on what you're railing against. Especially because at the end you conflate diversity in FOSS with criticism of
by comrh 12y ago
I really don't think you have a very good handle on what you're railing against. Especially because at the end you conflate diversity in FOSS with criticism of Linus' attitude. This just reads like you have a really big axe to grind against your reading of feminism.
- zxcvcxz 12y agoI'm not the one whose conflating diversity with Linus' attitude, that would be the feminists. edit: please hn, tell me where I'm wrong. My whole point is that making this a matter of diversity is wrong and only done to push a political agenda. It's not Linus who is saying anything against any race or gender. He's being mean and then some people calling themselves "feminists" are coming in and saying "being mean to people is so much harder if you're a minority, so therefore open source is racist". I'm not conflating diversity with anything. Just pointing out that that's what the geek feminists are doing.
- zorpner 12y agoI'll give it a shot -- upthread someone makes the statement It always seems like jerks are better at handling other jerks than non-jerks. Assume for the moment that this is true, then combine it with the ample research revealing that in workplace situations, men are respected for "jerk"-like behavior and women are looked down on for it. Now you have a situation in which being a jerk creates an environment in which women are less likely to succeed. This is a pretty simplistic example, but a good representation of the type of syllogism that can lead you from "abusive/uncivil behavior" to "anti-diversity behavior". Hope this helps!
- zxcvcxz 12y agoSounds like you have to go out of your way to be offended.