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submersiveblue

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    Comment #15280316

    What's your point? Most women wear makeup and if men knew acting a certain way would increase their chances with women, most would probably do it. Do we really need to add caveats …

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    Comment #15280129

    Women wear makeup to simulate beauty and men act "alpha" to simulate success. If we accept one we should be willing to accept the other. The undercurrent of bitterness and negativi…

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    Comment #15201869

    What does "treated like everyone else" mean and how do you know when it's been achieved? This kind of standard ranges from the most minimal legal equality of opportunity to full on…

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    Comment #15201697

    Anything that doesn't directly call for violence. If you're presenting a position that others are free to evaluate on the merits, then free speech covers it. The point of allowing …

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    Comment #15201575

    What is free speech for if not to protect "extremist" speech? Under your rubric, we'll just call whatever we don't like "extremism" and suppress it and that would be allowing free …

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    Comment #15006012

    AirBnB operates globally.

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    Comment #15006001

    Why can't these tech companies just do business and stop getting involved in activism. Oh, right because they are staffed with millenials.

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    Comment #14999674

    Admitting the science isn't settled is enough for me, I'm all for more open discussion on it, and I think that's what Damore was after too.

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    Comment #14995538

    I'm not sure what Damore is referring to in that specific quote, but there is evidence of relevant differences, especially if you're talking about recruitment numbers for a company…

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    Comment #14994718

    >men would make better programmers than women because of something at the biological or genetic level, which is really the contention around Damore's memo. Where does he say this? …

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    Comment #14994537

    What's funny about that link is that when she refers to the scientific claims she mostly seems to agree that they are well founded. Apart from that she seems to reading a lot of st…

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    Comment #14994383

    Sure it is, and a number of scientists in the relevant fields have spoken up and said so. Here's a start for you: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/no-the-google-manife...

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    Comment #14994295

    >The responsible thing to do for your job is to fix the problem that is immediately threatening the company. The problem is double talk. They pretend that they want open discussion…

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    Comment #14994275

    > it was overwhelmed by the senseless repetition of long-debunked stereotypical nonsense. This is why what Damore did is important and why having the discussion is important. Peopl…