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Firing was over-reactionFiring was over-reactionPosted Mar 26, 2013 17:38 UTC (Tue) by rickmoen (subscriber, #6943)In reply to: Firing was over-reaction by DOT Parent article: Blum: Adria Richards, PyCon, and How We All Lost 'DOT' wrote: I suppose this is the result of emerging feminism in the open source community. In the spirit of attempting to express something novel and evince maximal respect for others: Some do honestly perceive feminism as meaning sundry attempts to annoyingly social-engineer others' lives. However, I hope you can also imagine such a term becoming embroiled in Internet polemics, by anyone with a grudge feeling entitled to claim the term, and by some folks' temptation to label whatever one dislikes feminism. That is not feminism as I've known (and tried to live) it for the past 50ish years. The term properly means "believing in, supporting, looking fondly on, hoping for, and/or working towards equality of the sexes". Equality of opportunity, in other words -- encouraging the ability of people to achieve without artificial obstacles imposed on them merely on account of their sexes. That is and has always been the core concept. So, emerging feminism in the open source community? Like modern civilisation, I see it as altogether a fine idea. Best Regards,
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Firing was over-reaction Posted Mar 29, 2013 5:42 UTC (Fri) by jmorris42 (subscriber, #2203) [Link]
"The term properly means...."
Nope. Sorry, sanity lost that argument. Just like "liberal" here in the US no longer means what your dictionary says it means, and what most of the rest of the English speaking world still thinks it means.
For good or ill, the word 'feminism' is now understood to mean something almost entirely different from what it was originally meant to be.
Firing was over-reaction Posted Apr 4, 2013 16:31 UTC (Thu) by rickmoen (subscriber, #6943) [Link] jmorris42 wrote: Nope. Sorry, sanity lost that argument. Call me stubborn. For good or ill, the word 'feminism' is now understood to mean something almost entirely different from what it was originally meant to be. Like legal rights, useful words do not defend themselves. I'm even a stickler for 'imply' differing from 'infer' and 'enormity' meaning 'great wickedness', which will show you what a no-hoper spokesman for sanity and literacy I remain. Best Regards,
Firing was over-reaction Posted Apr 4, 2013 18:32 UTC (Thu) by Baylink (subscriber, #755) [Link]
You are stubborn, Rick.
:-)
But you are not alone; I too am on a mission to civilize.
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