This is What it's Like to Be a Woman at a Bitcoin Meetup

Re:This is What it's Like to Be a Woman at a Bitcoin Meetup by kordless on Friday January 24, 2014 @06:01PM (#7118805)

I usually stay away from making blaming statements, but you're an asshat.

Merritt didn't criticize anyone - instead they (she?) offered suggestions for a path to conflict resolution. You, on the other hand, are making a slew of blaming statements that are made up bullshit. What you are angry about, I'm unsure. I'll hazard you don't know either.

Cognitive dissonance at its finest, folks.

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Re:This is What it's Like to Be a Woman at a Bitcoin Meetup by hbags on Friday January 24, 2014 @06:09PM (#7118840)

Meritt absolutely made blaming statements. Even the most charitable reading of his post is him complaining that she decided to make clickbait.

He tried to shame her and degrade her for having shared her story instead of doing something else.

He's an asshole. Fuck him.

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Re:This is What it's Like to Be a Woman at a Bitcoin Meetup by Crito on Friday January 24, 2014 @06:21PM (#7118902)

I may be misreading meritt's comment, but it seems to me that meritt is criticizing the author of the article for not addressing the situation when it happened; not criticizing the author for blogging about it. In fact, meritt seems to be suggesting that the author should blog about the incident, though meritt thinks that a blog about the author resolving the situation by confronting it directly would be more effective in promoting productive discussion.

(To be absolutely clear, I am not a fan of criticizing the author for handling or not handling the situation in any particular way.)

I might be reading that all wrong; certainly I am being charitable to meritt and giving him/her the benefit of the doubt. There is a decent chance that I've gone to far, and that you are entirely correct. However your "charitable" reading of his/her post is certainly not the "most charitable".

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Re:This is What it's Like to Be a Woman at a Bitcoin Meetup by kordless on Saturday January 25, 2014 @02:16AM (#7120155)

Sometimes you're wrong. You're wrong now.

There are ZERO emotions in Merrit's comment. I understand you are upset about this, but really Merrit isn't the bad guy. You should think about why and try to not blame others for how you feel about it. This type of behavior isn't healthy for any of us.

Sorry I called you an asshat. I hope you figure it out.

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