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> Also: if what they wrote was right, what does it matter what their gender is? Right is right, wrong is wrong. This depends greatly on who the commentator is.
by Kalium 12y ago
> Also: if what they wrote was right, what does it matter what their gender is? Right is right, wrong is wrong.
This depends greatly on who the commentator is. Meredith's recent piece touched on this - https://medium.com/@maradydd/when-nerds-collide-31895b01e68c https://medium.com/@maradydd/when-nerds-collide-31895b01e68c
To some, you do not get to have a voice unless you comply with certain identity requirements. How right or wrong you are is irrelevant unless you have the identity that says you get to speak.
To others, such as us, this is madness and truth is no respecter of identities.
- tomjen3 12y agoThat idea keeps creeping up, but it isn't just in our group it won't fly. Reality doesn't care what you are or what your feelings are - in a vaccum a feather and a steel ball fall at the same speed, regardless of your opinions, feelings or suggestions on the matter. So in this case our POV is absolutely right. (Feelings do matter when you deal with humans, but that is also the only area in which they do).
- Kalium 12y agoOur POV is right to us because we accept the concept of objectivity. To those who believe identity is the primary determinant of truth, it doesn't matter what we believe. And so we're going to keep arguing with them right up to the point where we collectively decide to ignore them. Which isn't likely to happen any time soon, given how many of them work in the tech press.