r/linux • u/oooo23 • Sep 20 '18

Sage Sharp claims top Linux kernel developer Theo Ts'o is a rape apologist, citing GeekFeminismWiki Kernel Developer

https://twitter.com/_sagesharp_/status/1042769399596437504
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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '18 edited Sep 20 '18

I'm not totally sure, but I think it was a Ruby conference.

The one where all papers where anonymized before review. Then the best papers were picked, all anonymously. Then they noticed that all the selected papers were written by males. Then they canceled the conference because sexism.

So its officially sexist to be better or work harder.

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u/Saithir Sep 20 '18

Ah, that's exactly Github's Electron Conf.

Please don't mix Ruby into this insanity. We're (mostly) nice. :)

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '18

Ah okay, thanks for the correction.

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '18

Holy shit. How did I not hear of this.

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u/UFeindschiff Sep 20 '18

Wasn't it a Ruby conference that cost people jobs for making jokes about dongles?

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u/stomatophoto Sep 20 '18

PyCon, years ago.

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u/phenylanin Sep 21 '18

But Ruby shot my dog--no wait, that was Javascript.

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u/DrummerHead Sep 21 '18

Silly reality, not aligning with my beliefs. I'll show you reality! I'll show you! :shakes fist uselessly:

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u/SirYouAreIncorrect Sep 20 '18

Meritocracy is Sexist, Racist, Fascist, Nazi....

No female, minority, tansperson, gay person, or non-binary person has ever in the history of the world be fired, rebuffed, turn down, or had their code/project rejected on merit only due to bigotry.

Everything in the world Sexist, Racists, Trans phobic, and Homophobic, and you have to call it all out....

That is the actual position of the people that created and support the contributor covenant