Boeing communications boss resigns over sexist article he wrote in 1987

Post by [deleted] » Sun, Jul 05, 2020, 7:04 PM UTC

arkades wrote: post #49

wegs wrote: post #48

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I think key in my post was "and reformed." There were plenty of, for example, KKK members who then became anti-KKK activists. If you were born in 1915, and your parents were a member of the KKK, odds are pretty good you might have written something like that in the 1930's. It's how you were brought up. We don't have permanent digital records of everything that happened, but I'd say it's almost guaranteed you would ha…

> I think key in my post was "and reformed." Is there good reason to expect that they reformed? Is it as or more reasonable to expect they've simply learnt to hold their more objectionable views close to the vest? If the answer to the former is "no," and to the latter is "yes," then I don't really know how you'd expect anyone to work with a leadership that openly views them as a hindrance to the workplace. If he'd ma…

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Post by jtbayly » Sun, Jul 05, 2020, 7:23 PM UTC

whatshisface wrote: post #40

jtbayly wrote: post #37

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> Passing off guesses as knowledge only works as a career if you try to dress up your guesses as knowledge... What he wrote was essentially common knowledge at the time, not a novel theory that needed defending. That’s why elsewhere in this thread it is pointed out that you can’t judge it by today’s standards. We have different common knowledge today that people use as justifications for their opinions without feelin…

From a social standpoint, uncritically repeating what everybody thinks is acceptable. From a scientific standpoint, it is not.

You seem to be making a lot of arguments about science and how things have to happen without citing any papers or evidence.

Re: Boeing communications boss resigns over sexist article he wrote in 1987

Re: Boeing communications boss resigns over sexist article he wrote in 1987