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by wmeredith 4874 days ago
The source of the comment matters GREATLY.

For instance, I could say that Robert De Niro only got cast in the Godfather Part II because he was Jew. That just makes me a bigot or an anti-semite or whatever. But pointing out that there's a bigot in the world is not a story; it's not novel. However, if the original casting director for the movie says the same thing, then it is true and you have a story.

This article may as well be titled, "Someone Somewhere is Sexist". There's very little story here.

Edited: Removed curse word after reading child reply by calibraxis. Argument remains the same, but is more civil.

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If you feel unable to stay civil, then as per this site's guidelines, please fight the urge to post. As a male in the startup world, my interest in this article is to keep in mind what not to do. It is irrelevant to me who works at Twitter. If you click keeper into the site, you'll see this good piece of advice (http://ladycoders.com/2013/01/10/men-in-tech-marshall-kirkpa...):

"What advice do you have for men in tech? I would advise listening to feminist women and presuming that they are right as an intellectual starting place, even if you don’t believe they are, and see where the thread of thought and conversation can go from there before zooming out and drawing your own conclusions. Hold onto your objections for later, and after we’ve journeyed through the conversation for a while, see if those objections still seem relevant. Doing this helps you be less stupid. Benefit from the wisdom that we would otherwise miss out on because of defensive, misinformed assumptions on our part."