Re:PyCon Code of Conduct changed to avoid public shaming
by imsofuture on Thursday March 21, 2013 @11:22AM
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If a man had posted that tweet, their firing would not have been notable and the internet would not be calling for boycotts, 'justice', apologies nor issuing death threats.
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Re:PyCon Code of Conduct changed to avoid public shaming
by hhw on Thursday March 21, 2013 @01:39PM
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If a man had posted that tweet, likely nobody would have paid him any attention aside from maybe an eye roll from how easily offended he was, how he lacked a sense of humor (even if the joke wasn't very funny), and how he resorted to extreme passive aggressive tactics instead of simply saying STFU to the guy making the joke.
And if the tweet had still somehow garnered a lot of attention and gotten someone fired, he would have been condemned much more strongly for lacking the basic human decency not to out someone publicly, lacking the empathy to express regret over a man with a wife and three kids losing their job, and not manning up to admit they didn't handle the situation appropriately.
In other words, if a man had posted that tweet, he would have received much worse treatment, because this has everything to do with the tweet being an inappropriate reaction to a silly joke, and nothing to do with discrimination against women.
Re:PyCon Code of Conduct changed to avoid public shaming
by jordan0day on Thursday March 21, 2013 @11:27AM
(#5415697)
That's an unsupportable assertion.
Re:PyCon Code of Conduct changed to avoid public shaming
by SallySinep on Thursday March 21, 2013 @12:48PM
(#5416599)
But shucks, it "feels" like it's true. Therefore, in the poster's mind, it is.