Taking Action Against Harassment in Tech(dave.cheney.net)
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Taking Action Against Harassment in Tech
http://dave.cheney.net/2015/06/13/listen-up
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> So, if you think that my statements are unfair or possibly an overreaction, that it’s all in good fun, or maybe I should lighten up, then next time you choose to step out of your fetid cave to abuse a woman, remember that this is not a threat.
Actually, it reads like a thoughtless, sexist screed by someone who deoesn't actually care enough about the issue to give it the serious thought and attention that it deserves by someone who knows almost nothing about the topic and doesn't care to interested in gaining +1 Valor for their White Knight class.
> The tech industry is a sick, male dominated, misogynistic, flaccid void that continues to permit weak, small, frightened men to abuse and harass women from a presumed position of anonymous safety.
I don't think that the article would be permitted to stay had they written something like this about education and women. Similarly, I think HN should impose their standards about quality fairly, and remove this post for its thoughtless, sexist nature and not sink to the level of engaging in sexist messages.
Actually, it reads like a thoughtless, sexist screed by someone who deoesn't actually care enough about the issue to give it the serious thought and attention that it deserves by someone who knows almost nothing about the topic and doesn't care to interested in gaining +1 Valor for their White Knight class.
> The tech industry is a sick, male dominated, misogynistic, flaccid void that continues to permit weak, small, frightened men to abuse and harass women from a presumed position of anonymous safety.
I don't think that the article would be permitted to stay had they written something like this about education and women. Similarly, I think HN should impose their standards about quality fairly, and remove this post for its thoughtless, sexist nature and not sink to the level of engaging in sexist messages.
The frequency of such posts and writings have skyrocketed in my recent visits to HN. Did the world change overnight?
Yes. There are many minority struggles in this country but mainstream America always has one favorite at a time. Women in the workplace has been getting very popular. Even the White House has shown support.
This post is Internet chest thumping. Keyboard jockeys are not going to feel threatened. Not sure who this is helping.
This post is Internet chest thumping. Keyboard jockeys are not going to feel threatened. Not sure who this is helping.
I have no idea, but there were a time where such a shallow article, regardless of topic, would never have been posted.
If the author actually wants to change anything he should start by making it clear he isn't blaming men as a group since the only reasonable thing to do when you are attacked is to counter attack. Then he should make it very clear what he expects people to do (have a very clear call to action) and why.
Writing angrily doesn't make for a convincing copy (in fact my most angry comments here have consistently been down-voted the most) and putting small in there with a slew of negative traits just made me consider his position with even less charity.
If the author actually wants to change anything he should start by making it clear he isn't blaming men as a group since the only reasonable thing to do when you are attacked is to counter attack. Then he should make it very clear what he expects people to do (have a very clear call to action) and why.
Writing angrily doesn't make for a convincing copy (in fact my most angry comments here have consistently been down-voted the most) and putting small in there with a slew of negative traits just made me consider his position with even less charity.
This is so over the top that I read it as satire (not good satire, but satire). Is this serious?
That's from the article. This isn't productive and this should probably be flagged.