Because we are further excluding already excluded people by not taking their safety concerns seriously.
Receiving death and rape threats isn’t safety. “But it’s online so it’s just words” is a weak excuse. You can’t gamble with this stuff.
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If I recall correctly, the whole shitstorm around John Sonmez started when he attempted to defend a woman being attacked by an online mob for claiming something contrary to your beliefs about women in tech... He did it with a grace of an elephant, but she was chased off Twitter.
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I fundamentally disagree with that characterisation, but don’t have the time to dig up all relevant tweets. If I have time over the weekend I’ll follow up here.
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