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Re:Y Combinator Female Founders Conference LiveStream by MartinCron on Sunday March 02, 2014 @01:09AM (#7327946)
Some positions are outside the realm of legitimate debate. Ridicule is an appropriate response to ridiculous positions.

Calling an event that is trying to integrate a community "segregationist" is about as ridiculous as it gets.

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Re:Y Combinator Female Founders Conference LiveStream by reinhardt on Sunday March 02, 2014 @04:15AM (#7328406)
Fully agree. By the way, feel free to spread the word about my forthcoming event trying to bring together the 20-35yo, white male, Ivy league graduate, $150K+/year community. I'm sure I can count on your support for this integration effort.
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Re:Y Combinator Female Founders Conference LiveStream by magicalist on Sunday March 02, 2014 @03:44PM (#7330679)
> 20-35yo, white male, Ivy league graduate, $150K+/year community

the funny thing is that you see nothing ridiculous about trying to use this as a hypothetical counterpoint.

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Re:Y Combinator Female Founders Conference LiveStream by MartinCron on Sunday March 02, 2014 @04:06PM (#7330768)
If it were a real integration effort, sure. Imagine you are trying to get that group into a segment of society they have been traditionally excluded from. Only then would that parallel make sense.

I am having a hard time picturing exactly what that could be. Law enforcement, maybe? Romance literature?

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