Comment by mtrimpe
11 years ago
Yet even without definitions you are typing words and I am reading them and we're having a conversation here, so let's not go pretend-meta here.
The right level of offensive is the level that, given all viewpoints, does the most to benefit to society as a whole.
You're a rich straight white guy whose only discomfort over this comes down to not being able to say whatever you damn well want whenever you damn well please.
From this thread you can clearly see that there's a shit ton of people, many of whom have to re-evaluate their every word and action in our industry, for whom this triggers feelings of marginalization, ridicule and disrespect.
Insisting on maintaining your privilege over theirs and even going so far as to label their reactions as taught helplessness and defining that as evil ... well ... that pretty much sounds like the root of all evil to me.
> You're a rich straight white guy
Could you be any more offensive and dismissive? What difference does his cultural background have when discussing the name of a piece of software?
Oh, wait, everything right? Cisgendered, rich white men are the enemy!
If you want, think of 'bro' as a shortened version of 'brochure'. Is it less offensive to you now?
When somebody starts victim-shaming people it's very relevant to bring up the fact that they are in a social position where they have the least possible real-world experience with the negative side of the issues they're being dismissive about.
But yeah; the tone argument. Good to see that brought up. Going through your comment history is literally Derailment Bingo gold. I'm sure paul is happy to know that his bro's still have his back. ;)
"Victim shaming", "Privilege", "Tone argument", "Derailment".
Hope you're enjoying all that kool aid, bro. :)