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I'm not sure that the solution is to completely prevent trolling rather than to inoculate ourselves against it. Part of 'trolling' (in the sense being talked a
by krstck 11y ago
I'm not sure that the solution is to completely prevent trolling rather than to inoculate ourselves against it.
Part of 'trolling' (in the sense being talked about here) is knowing what to use against the victim for maximum shock value or impact. I don't think Pao was hated because she was a woman or asian. I think that she was hated, and therefore they found an easy way to disparage her by throwing slurs about her gender and race. It's shocking to see such words and that's precisely why people use them.
I don't think that the world would be a better place if it we cloned it as is and scrubbed all negative references for race/gender/other protected characteristic. I think people will be just as nasty. They'll be nasty using different words to strike at different vulnerabilities. The problem isn't "racism" or "sexism", it's people being plain, old-fashioned mean.