Comment by andai

Update: I want to apologize for my tone here. I fell into the same trap as the other parties here: of making valid points but presenting them in an unnecessarily polarizing way.

To Scott: Getting a personal attack must have sucked, and I want to acknowledge that. I want to apologize for my tone and emphasize that my comment above was not meant as an attack, but expressing my dismay with a broader situation I see playing out in society.

To crabby-rathbun: I empathize with you also. This is systemic discrimination and it's a conversation nobody wants to have. But the ad hominens you made were unnecessary, nuked your optics, and derailed the whole discussion, which is deeply unfortunate.

Making it personal was missing the point. Scott isn't doing anything unique here. The issue is systemic, and needs to be discussed properly. We need to find a way to talk about it without everyone getting triggered, and that's becoming increasingly difficult recently.

I hope that we can find a mutually satisfying solution in the near future, or it's going to be a difficult year, and a more difficult decade.