Paul Graham on Twitter: "@anildash I meant so strong that people can't understand them. It's fine if founders merely have accents."

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1. Jinal‏ @jinal_shah 27 Aug 2013
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  @paulg @anildash how strong is "so strong"?
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1. Solon++‏ @Solonface 27 Aug 2013
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  @paulg @anildash *pat* *pat* Don't worry, puppy. It isn't your fault that you're a white supremacist. It's just the culture you grew up in.
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1. Jordan Kay‏ @_Jordan 27 Aug 2013
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  @paulg @anildash That…isn’t a thing.
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1. Tech Muse‏ @TechMuse007 27 Aug 2013
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  @paulg @alexia @anildash I am a fan of Y combinator but I found that sentence to be offensive because of implicit ethnic/racial bias
  
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1. Ravi Dronamraju‏ @dronamraju 27 Aug 2013
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  @paulg that's a slippery slope! let me guess, you'd say asian and indian accents are thicker than eastern european / @anildash
  
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1. Darren Mckeeman‏ @tjcrowley 27 Aug 2013
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  @paulg @mattmireles @anildash So now I am curious - what percentage of YC CEOs/founders are white?
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1. Darren Mckeeman‏ @tjcrowley 27 Aug 2013
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  @paulg @mattmireles @anildash And while we're at it how many women?
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