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Comment #8010638
Bullshit. Violent crime overwhelmingly victimizes men. Something like 75% of violent crime victims are men. I'll dig up citations if anyone wants to contest this. It's pretty well …
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Comment #8006012
This is the kind of one-hit wonder that you simply can't imitate. It amuses due to its novelty. Repeat it, and it's gone.
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Comment #8005982
How is banning the right to defend yourself against a baseless accusation in any way "free for open discussion and transparency"?
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Comment #8005630
Or (c) what the other person claims to be racist/sexist/homophobic/transphobic/etc. isn't, at all, and this is simply the other person's way of "Well, actually."'ing you, except no…
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Comment #8004973
If a false allegation has been made publicly, then it must be debunked publicly as well. Otherwise, it remains as such in people's minds. It's both illegal and immoral.
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Comment #8004962
Banning debate is antithetical to thinking.
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Comment #8004936
If you artificially create an environment that empowers minorities to harass straight white men without consequence, of course you'll get more minorities. It's not exactly embedded…
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Comment #8004597
It most certainly is. Shaming and defaming someone of a crime that they didn't commit, and mobbing them out of their right to defend themselves publicly (the school's policy amount…
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Comment #8004068
There's nothing the least bit lightweight about shaming and defaming someone of illegal behavior, while denying them the right to defend themselves.
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Comment #8004064
> Sexism is subjective, No, it isn't. If you believe you have an actionable claim, bring it to court. If you don't (and you know that you don't) you have no right to shame and defa…
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Comment #8002444
Print a QR Code for SecureDrop in every issue of the newspaper. Hell, feature it as part of a story announcing SecureDrop the first time you print it. Then just print it in a consi…
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Comment #8001660
> If someone says "hey, we should work on addressing this sexism," and the response is, "be quiet, there isn't any sexism, you just hate fun," that seems pretty stinking sexist, do…
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Comment #8001641
It's subtly otherkinphobic that you limited the discussion to human beings.
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Comment #8001623
That's not what the rules dictate.
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Comment #8001606
> If someone points out a subtle-ism it seems like it would be fine to ask for clarification and/or additional concrete examples. Or to reject the accusation. That's also fine. It'…
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Comment #8001584
> HOWEVER, I went back and edited my post to remove the offending remark. This is exactly the kind of self-censorship through mobbing that we're trying to counteract. It's unconsci…
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Comment #8000195
Enforced diversity that lowers average competence is a very bad thing, both for the industry and for human civilization as a whole.
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Comment #8000149
Women have never been excluded from IT. They're either not capable or find it uninteresting, often both at the same time.
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Comment #8000127
What do you have against teenagers? That whole spiel is most unsubtly ageist.
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Comment #8000083
> Anyways, I would just say "sorry" on the spot Would you? Let's test it. Your whole comment is a subtle -ism because I say so. Apologize for it and retract it immediately.
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Comment #8000066
The right to accuse someone without giving the accused the right to self defense is most certainly not a subtle -ism. It's fascism.