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Seems to me that it's about complaining when someone else starts groups to help people.

Helping people is never wrong.

Something something good intentions. "Helping" doesn't automatically mean you're doing it right or are free from criticism or comment.

If Black Girls Code is not actually helping the black girls, then it's not helping.

"You didn't help everybody" is not a valid criticism of an initiative to help some people.

If you have some other people you want helped, then help them yourself rather than shooting down other people's altruism.

Saying:

"Hey, wait a minute, wouldn't this time and energy be better spent helping all disadvantaged people instead of one small group to the exclusion of others?"

..is a criticism, not a "shooting down". Being altruistic does not grant you a blanket exception from criticism.

Helping one person is not doing a wrong thing. If you want someone else helped, you help them.

Who said it was a wrong thing? It's fundamentally good, but i'd argue wrongheaded.

>Helping people is never wrong.

How could you type that with a straight face?

You're right. Actually it is sinful to help any finite number of people, if you are not helping all of humanity. The best thing to do is to never try to do anything helpful, because then you might be construed as discriminatory by people with a political agenda.

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