There was once the request to open a Hackerspace Politics Mailinglist - now might be the time to do it<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2013/1/18 Eugen Leitl <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:eugen@leitl.org" target="_blank">eugen@leitl.org</a>></span><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 02:30:07AM -0600, Rhys Rhaven wrote:<br>
> I was expecting this kind of reply actually. This:<br>
> <a href="http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Oppression_Olympics" target="_blank">http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Oppression_Olympics</a> you're just going<br>
> the opposite way. "Men aren't oppressed, therefore stfu"<br>
><br>
> Way to dismiss valid criticism. I will repeat, I want actual balance,<br>
> actual equality, and its ineffective to make things heavily skewed to<br>
> exclude men as the enemy.<br>
<br>
</div>I strongly suggest to discourage discussing gender issues on hacker<br>
mailing lists. Reason: they draw gender trolls, and result<br>
in threads with plenty of heat, and very little light.<br>
<br>
The problem might be real, but I suggest that we should ban<br>
that particular topic, at least on this mailing list.<br>
<br>
(I anticipate heated reactions to this post, which will only<br>
prove my point, so let's not).<br>
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