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Because committing a gender and race based hate crime is the highlight of reasonableness and tolerance. But no, no the people pointing out hate crimes are bad -
by kanja 13y ago
Because committing a gender and race based hate crime is the highlight of reasonableness and tolerance. But no, no the people pointing out hate crimes are bad - they're the real problems here.
- mtrimpe 13y agoYou completely lost me here, but nothing in the SendGrid scandal even comes close to deserving the label hate crime. A hate crime is when some of my gay friends get their face beaten in once again because they were holding hands.
- davidcelis 13y agoI didn't know that massive amounts of death and/or rape threats didn't count as hate crime. Thanks for the enlightenment.
- Dylan16807 13y ago>hate crimes (also known as bias-motivated crimes) Correct, certain groups on the internet saying the most vile things they can think of because of a perceived slight is not bias-motivated so it's not a hate crime. Congratulations on your enlightenment. (And just to preempt an argument you might have, the fact that someone trying to be as offensive as possible uses discriminatory language against their target does not imply that discrimination is the reason they are verbally attacking. It only implies that such language is in fact offensive.)
- theorique 13y agoAre they personal attacks? Absolutely. Are they a bad idea? No doubt. Are they illegal in some jurisdictions? Possibly. But they definitely aren't a hate crime - they are simply an internet mob action on their victim du jour. None of the attacks on Adria Richards were done because she was a woman. They were done because of the choice she made in needlessly tweeting and publicly shaming the jokers sitting near her, and triggering a social media firestorm. A man in the same situation would have been attacked just as vehemently - indeed, many men have been the victims of internet mob action.
- blocking_io 13y agoNone of the attacks on Adria Richards were done because she was a woman Your naivety it adorable.
- theorique 13y agoNo need to be insulting about it, with misspelled words. Do you have an actual argument, or just mud slinging?
- s_baby 13y agoYou mean the same people who've crusaded for the cause of female rape victims?(Anonymous) Thanks for your exceptionally unbiased narrative.
- mtrimpe 13y agoI didn't consider that he could have meant the retaliation by the internet trolls. Yes those technically would be, although I still think using it in this context sullies the term hate crime.
- metaphorm 13y agonobody at the actual python conference committed ANY kind of crime, let alone a hate crime. watch your damn language and provide context. don't equate the actions of anonymous internet trolls with those of real people.
- tomjen3 13y agoWho wrote those threats then? Extremely complex lisp programs?