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Re:My Apology to Naomi Wu and the Make Community by kennywinker on Monday November 20, 2017 @02:11AM (#15738337)
That may be true, but:

> the negative impact of my tweets was amplified by the fact that I, a white, Western, male CEO of a key company in the Maker community

This guy was not low status by any definition.

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Re:My Apology to Naomi Wu and the Make Community by bigiain on Monday November 20, 2017 @02:37AM (#15738413)
Just 'cause he's a CEO, doesn't mean he's not insecure and misogynistic...
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Re:My Apology to Naomi Wu and the Make Community by travmatt on Monday November 20, 2017 @03:15AM (#15738539)
Most of the comments here reference the fact that her skill is self evident. He could easily have felt threatened by her technical skill, and the fact he couldn’t plainly see it as other commenters did adds credence to his own deficit of technical ability.

The fact that he maintained a sustained slander campaign when he ostensibly had other priorities implies he felt that ‘exposing’ her became important to him, again a trait of insecure, low status individuals.

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