Re:Apple Confirms Its $3 Billion Deal for Beats Electronics
by arrrg on Wednesday May 28, 2014 @07:03PM
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Well … in isolation you are right, but violence against women can be an expression of misogyny. Or not. It depends. (Though I would agree that focusing on that discussion is not particularly worthwhile. I would focus on the violence.)
Re:Apple Confirms Its $3 Billion Deal for Beats Electronics
by callmeed on Wednesday May 28, 2014 @06:38PM
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> beating up a female reporter doesn't make you a mysogynist
I guess I used that phrase because that's how everyone framed the Gurbaksh Chahal incident. At least in my Twitter feed.
Re:Apple Confirms Its $3 Billion Deal for Beats Electronics
by pooper on Wednesday May 28, 2014 @07:37PM
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I assume he'd be mysogynist if him beating the reporter was related to the reporter's gender. In any case, the ex-CEO didn't serve time so I'd say he got off pretty easily.
Re:Apple Confirms Its $3 Billion Deal for Beats Electronics
by morenoh149 on Thursday May 29, 2014 @12:55AM
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I think dre has the potential to affect things more than say how alicia keys or will.i.am affect things at their respective companies. Certainly when it comes to marketing to minorities and such.
Our tolerance for entertainers seems to be much higher than for executives. And I doubt many in the tech world think of Dre as a "real" executive. He's there for marketing reasons, but doesn't have much oversight of the day-to-day and the damage he can do is limited. This perception might be wrong.