Re:What You Can't Say (2004)
by Udik on Saturday October 12, 2019 @09:46AM
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No, he has a point. "Accepted speech in tech/ academia" is supposed (in pg's theory) to be enforced by a group that has recently become more powerful than the previous power holders. But if you look at tech, or academia, or politics, or economy, they're still overwhelmingly dominated by white males. Which falsifies pg's theory.
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Re:What You Can't Say (2004)
by yourbandsucks on Saturday October 12, 2019 @10:39AM
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My comment was that accepted speech and representation are different things, so saying "but representation" isn't really speaking to it, imo.
And you're not even right about the demographics unless one ignores east and south Asians. Plurality != Dominance.
Re:What You Can't Say (2004)
by username90 on Saturday October 12, 2019 @10:09AM
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American politics is strange, tech people tend to be more right wing in Europe where the right is usually scientific instead of religious like in America. So in America you have the choice of either being on the side of religion or the side of progress, and the side of progress just happens to be the same side as all these movements against white, straight men.
I don't see how being for progress makes one against white straight maleness. I'm a very technical person and all for progress, but I also see political correctness as a religion from medieval ages.