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Re:An open letter on feminism in tech by ska on Thursday May 22, 2014 @02:46PM (#7785555)
"So what do we call the feminists who ..."

A parody. That one's easy.

Re:An open letter on feminism in tech by ska on Thursday May 22, 2014 @05:53PM (#7786797)
addendum: this was teasing and perhaps a bit snarky, but there is no rational analysis in which the parents characterization is typical of feminist practice or rhetoric. Which is a very different thing from finding someone who claims the label "feminist" and espouses these views or any other.

This sort of characterization by outliers and strawmen (women?) is ridiculous, but also damaging to the possibility of reasonable discussion. Shame on you for engaging in it.

That said, it was silly of me to engage in this sort of discussion here, it's not likely to go anywhere useful. I should probably just delete this and be done with it.

Re:An open letter on feminism in tech by arzugula on Thursday May 22, 2014 @03:13PM (#7785768)
Ahh, so all of those racist Aryan Nation members are just parodies, since the marketing slogan of the Aryan Nation claims their ideology to be one of "love and pride".
Re:An open letter on feminism in tech by epeus on Thursday May 22, 2014 @03:30PM (#7785890)
I call Godwin's law on your "feminism=nazism" false eqivalence
Re:An open letter on feminism in tech by arzugula on Thursday May 22, 2014 @03:40PM (#7785954)
This has nothing to do with nazism, this is observing a common political strategy. The naming of "The Patriot Act" is another example.

We should judge ideologies by their rhetoric, actions, and outcomes, not their marketing slogans.

Re:An open letter on feminism in tech by taybin on Thursday May 22, 2014 @03:48PM (#7786018)
That it has nothing to do with nazism is exactly what invokes Godwin's Law.
Re:An open letter on feminism in tech by stefantalpalaru on Thursday May 22, 2014 @05:47PM (#7786775)