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by xiphias2 2711 days ago
Lies are a bad thing, but in this case if you read what people wrote she probably went too far and hurt people who had no other way to defend themselves, but to organize againt her. Also mass lies are hard to do with Blind, as you can't just register 100 users, there are real people working at big companirs behind each user, that's why I like it so much.
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This is probably one of the more absurd takes I've read, since it's essentially saying that the harassers are somehow the real victims in this situation.
Why can't there be multiple victims? People don't just start attacking a person for fun. There's always a reason. You may not agree with me, but in my experience diversity initiatives are nowdays extremely aggressive.
You're making an excuse for a woman suffering harassment, enough so that she clearly felt unwelcome at the company while acting like it's her fault for 'going too far' somehow, a claim which is entirely unsubstantiated.

Your logic is absolutely absurd. Acting like people 'don't just start attacking someone for fun' ignores the fact that people can and do face racism, sexism, transphobia and so forth. Especially when she clearly encountered transphobic comments, some of which I even saw spread here on HN.

It also ignores the fact that bullying exists, i.e. people indeed literally do "just start attacking someone for fun", and it doesn't stop with childhood. Anyone who's ever visited the comments section of any website knows this.