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by whimsicalism 1044 days ago
I hear about the legacy of colonialism all the time. People can walk and chew gum at the same time.

I agree, some strands of feminism can certainly ignore all other dimensions of power, especially when coming from more affluent women, but I disagree that this was the implication of the original comment.

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Since you keep referring to an original comment, I unfortunately must ask which comment you're talking about
> Since you keep referring to an original comment

This is my first mention of an original comment, but I was referring to this one: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37026511

Gotcha. I didn't post that comment.

In fact, your comparison about walking and chewing gum vs people's attention makes zero sense. Attention is finite and mutually exclusive, you can only look at one thing at once