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Usually uninteresting to respond to racist comments about black people shooting up police stations (clearly unconcerned that people are strangled in broad dayli
by calibraxis 11y ago
Usually uninteresting to respond to racist comments about black people shooting up police stations (clearly unconcerned that people are strangled in broad daylight by the state, and 14 year olds get their heads rammed through windows [1]), but so people aren't misled by this poster's uncited "[S]he tried to ruin someone else's life..."
- Richards "stated that she had no intention or wish that he lose his job." [2]
- She stated surprise at the powder keg: "I don’t think anyone who was part of what happened at PyCon that day could possibly have imagined how this issue would have exploded into the public consciousness the way it has. I certainly did not, and now that the severest of consequences have manifested, all I wish to do is find the good in what has been one of the most challenging weeks of my life." [3]
She didn't shoot up a police station. (Just because she's an African-American, doesn't mean she did. If she resorted to killing, that... would indeed be a questionable decision.) It was a tweet with a pic.
This poster is an excellent illustration that many of us dudebros are far more concerned that we'll be caught on Twitter over dick jokes at a "professional" conference, than death/rape threats to women. It's like Game of Thrones.
I personally have worked with such bozo programmers who literally said "Penis? Penis." or "Is that homo?" all fucking day. Such manchild individuals, coddled in the software industry, are the problem. Make them angry, the manchild mob will threaten your life.
[1] http://countercurrentnews.com/2015/05/no-charges-for-cop-stops-and-frisks-14-year-old-boy/ http://countercurrentnews.com/2015/05/no-charges-for-cop-sto...
[2] http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/27/adria-richards-speaks-on-women-men-and-tech-but-not-a-certain-fired-developer/ http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/27/adria-richards-speaks-on-w...
[3] http://allthingsd.com/20130327/fired-sendgrid-developer-evangelist-adria-richards-speaks-out/ http://allthingsd.com/20130327/fired-sendgrid-developer-evan...