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by neilellis 4265 days ago
That sounds reasonable, the problem is as ever that we human's have a problem separating the comment/action/thought from the person.

It's why we can't understand that Hitler was a vegetarian or Thomas Jefferson had slaves.

In reality we're a massively complex mismash of conflicting thoughts and emotions. Just like any country.

Yet we expect a consistency from the aggregate!

Personally speaking I can believe that he's a pretty decent person (probably more than I) and that he may well for all I know be trying to do his level best for gender equality. I only disagree with the statement, not the person. But the statement is very important when it comes from the head of one of the world's largest companies.