On Wednesday, November 14, 2012 4:07:53 PM UTC-7, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Wed, 14 Nov 2012 10:20:13 -0800, rurpy wrote: > [...] > > As an aside, I've noticed that some those most vocal against GG have > > also been very vocal about this group being inclusive. > > I call bullshit. If you are going to accuse people of being "very vocal" > against minorities, you damn well better have some evidence to back up > your claim. > > And if you don't, I would expect a public apology for that slur.
I wasn't very clear. I should have written "...those most vocal against GG have also been very vocal *in favor* of this group being inclusive." In the next paragraph which you clipped I pointed out the irony of that attitude versus one possible effect of advocating the blacklisting of GG posters: > > If one observes that women post here (as a group) > > a lot less frequently then men, and if GG is easier > > for occasional posters, then the anti-GG attitude > > expressed here by a few would have the effect of > > disproportionately discriminating against women. Response to your other points will need to wait until I have more time. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list