[chillingeffect]

I'm kind of getting the same vibe, BUT...

...I'm assuming there's something subtler and importanter to it, because it seems Michele/Mz has a damned decent brain going on. I mean seriously, how often do you find someone with this nuance of opinion:

"I loathe the expression "The Patriarchy" and I think it mostly does not fit the issues of gender disparity seen on HN. I can think of one or two men there who strike me as staunch supporters of "The Patriarchy," but I think most men there are not actively trying to keep "little women" in "their place." They are mostly just human beings, who happen to be male, who don't know a better answer than the crappy situation we currently have. But, then, most women don't have better answers either and have much more vested interest in finding such answers. I see no reason to vilify men for such a prosaic shortcoming of happenstance." [1]

[1] http://micheleincalifornia.blogspot.com/p/hn-tools.html

[cmdrfred]

That was very well said. Statements like this attempt to find common cause and allow us to come together for a solution. Calling someone a member of "The Patriarchy" is dismissive and removes men from the conversation.