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You deliberately simplify my assertions into other ones to make them seem irrelevant or obvious. This is intellectual dishonesty in service of mitigating the pe
by detcader 11y ago
You deliberately simplify my assertions into other ones to make them seem irrelevant or obvious. This is intellectual dishonesty in service of mitigating the perceived threat of another's point, rather than engaging with it.
- hoopd 11y agoSince you open with an inflammatory ad hominem attack and never really move beyond it I'm not sure how much you get to talk about civil discourse. http://www.paulgraham.com/disagree.html http://www.paulgraham.com/disagree.html
- detcader 11y ago"Ad hominem" has a specific definition -- in what way does it apply to any of what I have written? Do you use a non-standard definition?
- leereeves 11y agoI was just pointing out something for you to consider. Alleging that men in tech (all of us?) need "to document the proof that women are liars and tricksters" and that the implicit draw of these stories, at the heart, is "she thought she was a victim and she was wrong" is simply misandrist stereotyping. You cited the attention given to these issues as evidence; I think you should consider that this attention is not unique to women in tech, and is also exactly what feminist activists want. The coverage (and the jury decisions) aren't always in their favor because people are diverse. Beyond your prejudices I think you'll find that there are men who feel the way you describe, and men who are staunchly feminist, and a lot of men who realize women are diverse: heroes, victims, productive workers, and yes, sometimes, "money-grubbing exploiters of worthy causes."