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Re:On Github and Speaking Out by mcantelon on Monday March 17, 2014 @10:35PM (#7419677)
>And, after having these verbal weapons leveled at him, and being in a subsequent fistfight, he was essentially told that "boys will be boys". This should tell you something about how the power structures in play deal with minorities.

The "boys will be boys" mentality has traditionally applied to all men involved in fistfights, not just minorities.

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Re:On Github and Speaking Out by sobkas on Monday March 17, 2014 @11:26PM (#7419881)
And by fistfight You mean that one party does all the fighting and the other being all the unconscious?
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Re:On Github and Speaking Out by mcantelon on Monday March 17, 2014 @11:52PM (#7420005)
One-sided assaults included, yes. The "boys will be boys" mentality is not big on the details.
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