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Re:Online trolls are harassing a scientist who helped take p... by kzcqt on Saturday April 13, 2019 @12:05PM (#19653789)
Nobody gets upset when a male gets undue credit because that's not seen as following a politised agenda. Whether that's right or wrong, or how we could fix that, that's an entirely different matter.

People get upset when the media pushes a feminist narrative because feminism is a very divisive issue. Talking about a divisive issue drives clicks, interactions, retweets, etc. Especially when you get dismissive with one half of the pie. The only purpose of the media is to piss people off so they can get eyeballs on ads.

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Re:Online trolls are harassing a scientist who helped take p... by Nasrudith on Saturday April 13, 2019 @12:16PM (#19653858)
Then people are a bunch of bigotted asses. Just because it is their twisted norm in no way makes it acceptable. Less so in fact as it isn't just some rando who thinks it but a social bloc promoting it.
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Re:Online trolls are harassing a scientist who helped take p... by bobfromhuddle on Saturday April 13, 2019 @02:52PM (#19654987)
Your comments here aren't helping. The clear implication is that Dr Bouman is receiving "undue credit" in order to push a "feminist narrative".

If that's your honest reading of events, then you're the problem here, my dude.

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