[danpalmer]

I'm afraid if you read the manifesto and considered it reasonable then there's not much I can do. It's not about the facts (on that front the manifesto has been fully debunked), it's about what's acceptable in how we treat women in tech, and that manifesto was entirely unacceptable.

To me, my friends, my colleagues, and my peers on the internet, it was clearly the writing of a very sexist man with no interest in understanding the experiences of women or other minority groups in tech. He not only had no interest in understanding these experiences, he clearly did not believe they even existed, whitewashing all other experiences with his own, and his very naive and ignorant view of what diversity initiatives do and the reasons they exist.

Studies have shown time and time again, including studies conducted at Google, that diverse teams are higher performing and happier.

I think you need to take a long hard look at your biases, as they are not acceptable in today's society. I hope that you can change your views before you push women out of tech. These views are something that society wholeheartedly rejects today, and if you don't realise that they are wrong, you are going to struggle more and more in life.

[DATACOMMANDER]

>It's not about the facts (on that front the manifesto has been fully debunked)

Indeed, it truly isn’t about the facts for you.

>These views are something that society wholeheartedly rejects today, and if you don’t realise that they are wrong, you are going to struggle more and more in life.

I appreciate your concern, but I’m actually doing quite well, wrongthink and all.