Silicon Valley Women, in Cultural Shift, Frankly Describe Sexual Harassment

Re:Silicon Valley Women, in Cultural Shift, Frankly Describe... by malandrew on Saturday July 01, 2017 @09:18AM (#14676986)

I wonder how many innocent people we'll end up condemning with this posture. It's not like history lacks any examples that demonstrates that this is exactly what happens when you get tough and prosecutorial. You're pretty much sanctioning a pitchfork and torch attitude and that evolves into mobs that are often wrong.

These days it feels like we've learn nothing from stories like the Scarlet Letter that describe a time from our history where we treated women how you now propose that we treat men. Neither gender deserves this.

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Re:Silicon Valley Women, in Cultural Shift, Frankly Describe... by zo1 on Saturday July 01, 2017 @04:53PM (#14678967)

I wonder how many innocent people we've already condemned with this attitude.

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Re:Silicon Valley Women, in Cultural Shift, Frankly Describe... by ShabbosGoy on Saturday July 01, 2017 @01:54PM (#14678096)

> You're pretty much sanctioning a pitchfork and torch attitude and that evolves into mobs that are often wrong.

What you are seeing is the decline of rational and logical thinking. No one wants to think critically anymore, because smart phones reduce available cognitive resources.

So you end up in situations where an inflammatory, poorly researched article emotionally hijacks the brain of a person who would have normally been capable of rational thinking.

I'm not saying that's the case here, but there are numerous cases where outrage porn has ruined the lives of innocent people.

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