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> Are you saying that women should not be in positions of power?

Nah he just cares about ethics in open source software ;)

(In case you’re unaware, there are alt-right/whatever they call themselves nowadays websites that have an “open source software culture” section where they fume over stuff like this and rush comment sections together. This person isn’t arguing in good faith and if you want to get to the bottom of anything, ask him instead what ethnicities should be in charge of software orgs. He probably has a paragraph to copy paste you)

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I can't speak about this particular person, but I feel like there are a fairly large group of people who are genuinely confused by feminist ideology to the point that it seems utterly bizarre to them. I think it's important to take their arguments at face value and debate with them in good faith.

This isn't a fair take. You can click on the original poster's comments and see that they're a legitimate member of this community. You can't just say someone is arguing in bad faith because you disagree with them.

Thanks.

The fact that my comment got deleted will make me stop contributing in such a controversial way, as I respect the house rules.

But it leaves a bad aftertaste, even though the strong moderation on this site undoubtly keeps everything civil.

I think provocative theses are necessary, in line with the Socratic method, and even though my original comment wasn't directly aimed at the arguments in the article, the entire point of a provocative viewpoint is to question the entire narrative of something on a fundamental level.

> I think provocative theses are necessary, in line with the Socratic method, and even though my original comment wasn't directly aimed at the arguments in the article, the entire point of a provocative viewpoint is to question the entire narrative of something on a fundamental level.

I agree, especially since the original article was making a similar type of claim. When you go that for down a line politically, it's useful to look at things from the opposite perspective. People don't have to agree, but I don't think we should be flagging or banning comments like yours on topics like this.

People who excel in the relevant abilities should be in charge of corporations and institutions.

Reducing people to gender is sexist, and reducing them to ethnics is racist.

It's not my fault that the meaning of words has been turned upside down by popular culture.

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