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Was firing an over-reaction?

Was firing an over-reaction?

Posted Apr 5, 2013 8:04 UTC (Fri) by smurf (subscriber, #17840)
In reply to: Was firing an over-reaction? by Baylink
Parent article: Blum: Adria Richards, PyCon, and How We All Lost

It's entirely factual and therefore not *ist in any way, despite attempts by some idiots to assert otherwise.

Now if you had said "women are …", and thereby refused to hire any female firefighters at all, no matter how strong, now that would be sexist (and actionable).


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