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by dang
2973 days ago
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> It's frustrating that these sexist and racist policies have spread like a cancer across our industry. It's dismaying that you've gone straight into name-calling with a throwaway account. Please have more respect for the community than to do that, and follow the site guidelines instead: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html. |
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I didn't believe I was engaged in name-calling directed toward any individual, however, calling policies that are discriminatory based on sex and race as sexist and racist merely seemed to me to be a straight-forward use of the English language. Either that or the analogy to cancer? I don't know.
I assume the relevant section of the guidelines is
> When disagreeing, please reply to the argument instead of calling names. "That is idiotic; 1 + 1 is 2, not 3" can be shortened to "1 + 1 is 2, not 3."
Therefore, please accept in spirit my amendment, that my comment should have read:
> It's frustrating that these policies that discriminate based on sex and race have multiplied out-of-control across our industry.
Best regards,
GarbageToss.
PS: Having been "burned" by social approbation due to incorrect sentiment in the past, I am very thankful for the opportunity to use a throwaway account so that issues can be discussed honestly, without the chilling effect of the fear of blowback. That is the main reason why I am responding, to let you know that I have read the guidelines, and my intent was to post within those guidelines. Again, sincere thanks for your efforts, without which we all would surely suffer from an inferior space where we can discuss these issues.