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Re:Why I won’t give talks about being a woman in tech by j_s on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @12:44PM (#12130455)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5419071

I don't have more time to figure out the guy's name but his HN username is mr-hank: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5398681

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Re:Why I won’t give talks about being a woman in tech by beevai142 on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @04:00PM (#12131969)
Richards got fired and got loads of death threats and racist messages, because of a single tweet. The guy got off easier with just being fired.
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Re:Why I won’t give talks about being a woman in tech by busterarm on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @08:12PM (#12133590)
I didn't know that this was a competition.

Also someone else getting worse makes this okay? Two wrongs make it right?

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Re:Why I won’t give talks about being a woman in tech by BrainInAJar on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @09:43PM (#12134001)
The dudebros also got new jobs. Richards did not.
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