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twitter happened, I guess

But today I stumbled across a long twitter thread that I can only describe as intentional character assassination. The author of this thread is misrepresenting facts and making some pretty nasty accusations. Again this is not all that unusual, except for the fact that I was not invited to defend myself. […] The gist of this author’s thread is that I am a misogynist; and that I should not be taken seriously in any regard. I understand that efforts have been made to have me excluded from conferences, and to boycott the publisher of my books, etc.

- Uncle Bob in 2017

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This is just a lot about people’s reactions to something, but nothing about what that something actually was

It’d be nice to see what the actual something was so one could judge for themselves

Edit: I took a look at his twitter, and he seems to be pro-trump and anti-kamala and anti-walz, calling him a socialist who let Minneapolis burn, as well as transphobia thrown in here and there and more that I didn’t bother to read

…so I’m gonna go with “the people’s reactions to him likely had a point”

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exactly, vague accusations in a lot of places, nothing remotely concrete.

…so I’m gonna go with “the people’s reactions to him likely had a point”

…and this is exactly the problem

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You know what? You can find enough concrete shit from just reading his twitter for 5 minutes. Stuff posted in the last few weeks.

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So… What is the problem of women in tech? Either I skimmed over this or he fails to get to that point at all.

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well, that’s up to women in tech to explain what the movement advocates for, he’s laying out his experience

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Not even that, he’s basically using 1000 word essay to say “I can’t be a misogynist, I hired women” as if that says anything. The words “the problem with women in tech” are both mentioned many times in the article as well as its title, but somehow it’s not about that problem at all, but the fact he got called a misogynist and that he now has conflicted feelings about it.

Man, this is such a bad defence, let alone article.

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Interesting, thanks, I didn’t know anything about that. I’ve probably looked at the book at some point, but don’t remember anything about it.

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