[whitemale]

If my argument is "mistaken", why are you focusing on the language that I used instead of just disproving my argument?

I would also be interested that if the gender wage gap is real and it is as believers describe it, how would you explain it without going into conspiracy land.

[brucephillips]

Because your arguments are probably correct. I never claimed otherwise. I took issue with your language. You're contributing to the polarization by using unnecessary, inflammatory, and inaccurate language. That's the problem.

[whitemale]

I'm going by this definition: http://www.dictionary.com/browse/conspire

Claiming that across the US women get paid 20% less than men, for doing exactly the same work with exactly the same qualifications with everything aside from genitals being equal is not a conspiracy theory in your opinion? Claiming that society is sexist in that way is not a conspiracy theory?

Even if I grant you that I used harsh language, I take issue with your priorities, I would priorities truth over political correctness.

[brucephillips]

> Claiming that society is sexist in that way is not a conspiracy theory?

No. It's just a false claim. False claims aren't conspiracy theories.

> I would priorities truth over political correctness.

It's prioritize*, and prioritization only matters when there's a tradeoff. I'm not sacrificing truth to point out your mistake.

[whitemale]

> False claims aren't conspiracy theories.

Are you saying that conspiracy theories are all true?

> I'm not sacrificing truth to point out your mistake.

You are wasting 100% of your effort on arguing semantics instead of engaging with my actual argument, sounds like a tradeoff to me. And no, it's not a mistake, don't know where you got that idea from.

[brucephillips]

> Are you saying that conspiracy theories are all true?

(A -/-> B) does not mean that (B -> !A)

When arguments devolve into basic logical errors, there's little hope in finding a resolution, which you're obviously not after anyway.

> You are wasting 100% of your effort on arguing semantics instead of engaging with my actual argument.

You're so intent on picking a fight that you don't realize I agreed with your actual argument above.

Happy trolling.

[dang]

Please don't feed trolls on HN. That just makes this place worse, and the site guidelines ask you not to: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html. Instead, flag egregious comments, as explained there and at https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html.