wmj

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by wmj 12y ago
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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by wmj 12y ago
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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by wmj 12y ago
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 not even pedantic
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by wmj 12y ago
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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by wmj 12y ago
Banning debate is antithetical to thinking.
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by wmj 12y ago
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 programming.
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by wmj 12y ago
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 amounts to collusion with the shamer/defamer) is mo
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by wmj 12y ago
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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by wmj 12y ago
> 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 defame people, while hiding behind some bullsh
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by wmj 12y ago
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 consistent position with minimal explanation from then on. This m
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by wmj 12y ago
> 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, doesn't it? No. Replace sex
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by wmj 12y ago
It's subtly otherkinphobic that you limited the discussion to human beings.
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by wmj 12y ago
That's not what the rules dictate.
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by wmj 12y ago
> 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's fine especially when the accusation is a
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by wmj 12y ago
> 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 unconscionable and it's unacceptable.
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by wmj 12y ago
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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by wmj 12y ago
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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by wmj 12y ago
What do you have against teenagers? That whole spiel is most unsubtly ageist.
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by wmj 12y ago
> 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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by wmj 12y ago
The right to accuse someone without giving the accused the right to self defense is most certainly not a subtle -ism. It's fascism.