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Re:James Damore has filed a class action lawsuit against Google by wildmusings on Monday January 08, 2018 @01:46PM (#16098836)
Why is suggesting the distribution of certain qualities in men and women are different “repugnant crap”? There is ample evidence that men and women have behavioral differences. This exists across all mammals. I don’t know whether that makes the average man or average woman[1] better at any particular task, but it’s not an absurd hypothesis. Surely it’s worth reasoned consideration, not moral outrage at the very thought.

[1] And averages are of course irrelevant when dealing with individuals, who should each be judged according to their own merit, not according to generalizations of the groups they belong to.

Re:James Damore has filed a class action lawsuit against Google by jasonlotito on Monday January 08, 2018 @01:57PM (#16098979)
Because he didn't just say that. You can't just pick and choose the part of the sentence you want to respond to. You have to accept the entire thing as a complete thought.

e.g. It would be like me suggesting you wrote: "men and women are different 'repugnant crap'". It's accurate, but misrepresentative of what you meant. One is honest, and the other is dishonest.

Re:James Damore has filed a class action lawsuit against Google by jasonlotito on Monday January 08, 2018 @03:59PM (#16100492)
The comment I was replying to seems to have been edited from what it originally said, apparently taking into account what I posted.