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Was firing an over-reaction?

Was firing an over-reaction?

Posted Apr 1, 2013 14:16 UTC (Mon) by tjc (subscriber, #137)
In reply to: Was firing an over-reaction? by nix
Parent article: Blum: Adria Richards, PyCon, and How We All Lost

> Anyone claiming that the effective subjugation and elimination of much of the human race from the pool of equally-treated employees 'does not matter much' is not only an intellectual automaton -- he's a *bad capitalist*.

This is projection -- I didn't say anything about subjugating or eliminating anyone from anything.


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Was firing an over-reaction?

Posted Apr 1, 2013 22:55 UTC (Mon) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]

Claiming that diversity of race and sex "don't matter much" is tantamount to that. But perhaps, just maybe, you didn't realize they were a problem? (If so, you're speaking from a privileged position and should probably talk to people more.)

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