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Re:GitHub Raises $250M at $2B Valuation by erics32 on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @08:32PM (#9972600)
Also not the first time Github has deleted a repo for ideological reasons. See: C+=
Re:GitHub Raises $250M at $2B Valuation by netheril96 on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @09:11PM (#9972705)
Care to elaborate about it? I just found it accessible at https://github.com/ErisBlastar/cplusequality
Re:GitHub Raises $250M at $2B Valuation by erics32 on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @09:39PM (#9972771)
Re:GitHub Raises $250M at $2B Valuation by skarap on Thursday July 30, 2015 @10:41AM (#9975255)
Just wanted to thank you. I never heard of the C+= saga - you made my day!
Re:GitHub Raises $250M at $2B Valuation by huac on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @09:58PM (#9972831)
it was removed by bitbucket as well.

god, this repo is reprehensive.

Re:GitHub Raises $250M at $2B Valuation by colllectorof on Thursday July 30, 2015 @12:59AM (#9973243)
I don't get the outrage. In fact, I think it's a brilliant parody of post-structuralist jargon, self-contradictions and pretentious verbal mannerisms. If you take this repo as a serious attack against feminism I have to point out that as far as I can see the whole thing has no substance and offers no comments on real-life issues. Zero.

It satirizes a certain vacuous style of writing. Saying that it threatens feminism is like saying that satirizing jargon-heavy research papers threatens science. Is the jargon really all that matters?

I went to Slashdot through the link above which led me back to HN. The reactions just seem bizarre. Even if offensive to some, the readme.md is fully within the traditions of American comedy. You don't get all angry about Jeff Foxworthy's You Might be a Redneck, right? You don't proclaim that he misrepresents the rural poor and trivializes their hardships? Or do you?

Re:GitHub Raises $250M at $2B Valuation by anonymousab on Thursday July 30, 2015 @01:33AM (#9973300)
Perhaps Github do not feel that satire belongs there.
Re:GitHub Raises $250M at $2B Valuation by Cthulhu_ on Thursday July 30, 2015 @06:38AM (#9974114)
If they didn't then a lot of repos would be removed or censored. If they don't though, then - similar to the 'retard' censorship - they're inconsistent and using double standards (which BTW is also a trait of the SJW subculture the c+= repo parodies)
Re:GitHub Raises $250M at $2B Valuation by brighteyes on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @10:46PM (#9972956)
It's satire.

edit: why the downvotes? honest question.

Re:GitHub Raises $250M at $2B Valuation by issaria on Thursday July 30, 2015 @05:46AM (#9973959)
People feel the power when the click the downvote button.