How a UK company handled an offensive private joke

Re:How a UK company handled an offensive private joke by anextio on Friday March 22, 2013 @06:46AM (#5422192)

I couldn't help but cringe at the author's continual use of the term "stupid cow" to refer to the woman in question, or the reference to someone with ASD as "stupid".

The response to racism should probably not be a needlessly gendered and sexist attack ("cow") on a woman, or an ableist attack on someone with ASD.

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Re:How a UK company handled an offensive private joke by robinjfisher on Friday March 22, 2013 @06:57AM (#5422225)

I agree. I got to the first "stupid cow" and stopped reading. The writer lost any empathy I had for them at that point. The response to any form of discrimination or harassment is not name-calling.

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Re:How a UK company handled an offensive private joke by sageikosa on Friday March 22, 2013 @06:55AM (#5422219)

...and he introduces her as "goat"...and is an expert at her mental state, honesty, and intent.

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