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I'd partially agree that PC hasn't, as such, "gone too far", as much as the loudest people pushing it have too much of a one-dimensional mindset. With topics like this, there's never just one issue in play - there's a whole group of similar issues, each of which is important in its own right, and I'm sure we've all been in arguments where we've felt "How dare the other person avoid the issue most important to me!" duncan_bayne and JoshTriplett are right to point out that there's been a hell of a lot of sexism around, and I think we can all agree it's hugely important we fix that and move on as an industry. On the flipside, with any group arguing any issue, you always get this moderate-fanatic spectrum, and people pushing for political correctness aren't any different. It's not a PC thing, or a SJW thing, it's a human thing. Happens to everyone. And that's what anon3_, our OP, is talking about - the loudest people pushing this stuff tend to (1) have a brittle, one-dimensional view of their subject matter, and (2) outshout all the other people who are doing their damndest to combine staunch support with tact and diplomacy, and both together create this oppressive atmosphere that OP's talking about. Outrage culture. I don't mean to have a go at them, much of the time it's because they've been on the receiving end of some really traumatic prejudice, and anyone in their shoes would find themselves reacting the same way - but there's just no getting away from the fact that it damages their ability to communicate these issues with skill. That's the thing - both issues, resolving topics as important as institutionalised sexism, and the counterproductiveness of those who shout about it the loudest - they're both true at once, and both important. I think the question here isn't so much "how much should we dumb down any complex/subtle opinions we might have so as not to inflame the SJWs?", but rather "How do we best reconcile these topics?" The Short Short Short answer is, probably, listen, and do your best to understand everyone, even if you disagree with them. |
"Fixing sexism in tech"
1.) Sexist, Compared to what? 2.) At what cost? 3.) What are the hard facts?