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Re:Stack Overflow Isn’t Very Welcoming – It’s Time for That ... by gthtjtkt on Thursday April 26, 2018 @04:55PM (#16935668)
Isn't it more offensive that you're saying minorities are insecure and/or oversensitive?
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Re:Stack Overflow Isn’t Very Welcoming – It’s Time for That ... by lakechfoma on Thursday April 26, 2018 @05:01PM (#16935735)
Read the comment from mistersquid https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16935683 to understand the point
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Re:Stack Overflow Isn’t Very Welcoming – It’s Time for That ... by gthtjtkt on Thursday April 26, 2018 @05:08PM (#16935815)
That comment doesn't contradict my point at all. All it says is "Someone who has been bullied may interpret future slights as more of the same bullying."

That has absolutely nothing to do with race or gender, and I still think it's for more insulting to imply that people in specific demographics are more sensitive or insecure.

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Re:Stack Overflow Isn’t Very Welcoming – It’s Time for That ... by ajkjk on Thursday April 26, 2018 @05:27PM (#16935983)
I think that the reason so many people find this implication palatable is that there are loads of examples of people saying, from experience, that it does in fact happen this way.

The idea is not that they're 'fundamentally' more sensitive or insecure; it's that they're _empirically_ more sensitive and insecure, due to the circumstances of reality.

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