Re:Three teen sisters who win medals in coding competitions
by kazinator on Wednesday April 20, 2016 @08:22PM
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Indeed. That's because "X occurs, even if Y" means something like, "In spite of the expectation that X doesn't occur because of confounding factor Y, X occurs anyway".
Re:Three teen sisters who win medals in coding competitions
by startling on Wednesday April 20, 2016 @08:24PM
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So, your argument is "no one has ever said men are better at writing programs than women"?
Re:Three teen sisters who win medals in coding competitions
by scrollaway on Wednesday April 20, 2016 @09:33PM
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Not only am I not arguing (and thus don't have an argument), but even if I were, that would certainly not be my argument.
I was explaining why the comment was getting downvoted.
It is, however, interesting to see how you yourself are adopting a very similar tactic to the one I talk about in the post you replied to. Simply fascinating.
Re:Three teen sisters who win medals in coding competitions
by startling on Thursday April 21, 2016 @02:47AM
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OK, I'll try to be more explicit.
> Saying "you can code even if you're a woman" is incredibly patronizing. It was never in question.
This isn't true. Tons of people question this!
Re:Three teen sisters who win medals in coding competitions
by scrollaway on Thursday April 21, 2016 @05:43AM
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Are those people's opinions respectable?
I know people who question the earth being round. Who question the moon landing. Does that mean the matter itself is "in question"?
I guess I phrased it pretty vaguely huh? Fair enough.
Saying "you can code even if you're a woman" is incredibly patronizing. It was never in question.
If I started saying, "Well, I think everyone can code, even red-haired people", it'd be negatively worded against red-haired people.
Hey, have you ever heard a politician bring something up under the guise of defending their opponents?
Like maybe say "I do not believe in these allegations about my opponent being born outside the United States. And even if he isn't born in the US, it's not relevant. We should talk about his policies, not about my opponent being born outside the US."