[Muzza]

> "Here's a thing," young white dude founder blogs...

If he would've said black instead of white or dudette instead of dude, Hacker News would have had this guy's header on a platter. Racists, the lot of you.

[moomin]

Nope, he's asserting that the founders come from privileged groups. Punching up is acceptable, punching down is not.

[specialist]

Great metaphor. Stealing it. Thanks.

[moomin]

Thanks, but not mine. :) I think this may be the original:

http://reasonableconversation.wordpress.com/2012/07/19/punch...

[Camillo]

What about the young white dudes who are unemployed, or work in menial jobs, or dropped out of school and joined the army because they suddenly had to support a child, etc.? Do they deserve to be vilified because there is someone else who is successful and happens to be the same color and sex?

[icebraining]

How are they being vilified?

[Camillo]

By having "white guy" treated as an insult, obviously.

[sp332]

You might have the category wrong. It's making fun of founders for being casually ageist and racist. Or to be more specific, privileged and oblivious.