Ask HN: Why are HN topics about sexism so controversial?

Re:Ask HN: Why are HN topics about sexism so controversial? by slvv on Monday April 13, 2015 @07:46PM (#9371245)

Thanks to the OP for asking; I hope there will be a real conversation about this. I've been noticing that often posts about sexism or feminism start to get some traction and then inexplicably disappear or are nuked, and it's super frustrating. How can we have discussion if posts that might encourage it just disappear?

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Re:Ask HN: Why are HN topics about sexism so controversial? by dragonwriter on Monday April 13, 2015 @07:49PM (#9371253)

The posts disappear quickly because, by and large, the community here doesn't want to have a discussion on that topic. (And when it does, its very often not a productive discussion. Too many sacred cows, on all sides of the issue.)

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Re:Ask HN: Why are HN topics about sexism so controversial? by slvv on Monday April 13, 2015 @08:13PM (#9371334)

Understood, and I agree that often there isn't very much productive happening by the end. Hopefully that will eventually change.

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