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I agree with you 100%, but I feel the need to point out that you can still be a "weird nerd" and have progressive values. I do not think hacker values and progr
by rthomas6 12y ago
I agree with you 100%, but I feel the need to point out that you can still be a "weird nerd" and have progressive values. I do not think hacker values and progressive values are mutually exclusive, but I think they are orthogonal.
- mkr-hn 12y agoSome of the weirdest nerds I know are more progressive than I am, and I'm pretty good at checking my biases and listening to people unlike myself.
- tedks 12y agoI agree completely. In fact, I think that the only hacker values that are true hacker values are progressive, and that the people invoking "hacker values" to justify misogyny, objectification and sexualization of women, etc., are going against hacker values in a truly insidious way. But if anyone thinks otherwise, they should know they are on the losing side of history in every regard.