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posted by janrinok on Thursday November 05 2015, @04:25AM   Printer-friendly
from the it's-a-sad-world dept.

As if they hadn't discredited the movement enough already, feminists are now reportedly attempting to collect scalps from notable men in tech. And they're not worried about little things like the sexual assault they report actually happening.

Feminists in tech have been staging attempted "honey traps" to frame prominent male software developers for sexual assault, according to explosive claims on the blog of Eric S. Raymond, a pioneer of the open source movement. In allegations that will rock the world of software development, prominent targets included Linus Torvalds, creator of the Linux kernel.

Raymond quoted excerpts from an online chat with a trusted source, who told him that the Ada Inititiative, a recently-discontinued feminist advocacy group in tech, was trying to "collect scalps" by concocting charges of attempted sexual assault against male software developers.

The source told Raymond that the "MO" of the feminists was to "get alone with the target, and then immediately report "attempted sexual assault." The source said he had stopped mentoring female developers over fears that they might fabricate such charges.

In before someone disbelieves the message because they dislike the messenger.


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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 05 2015, @05:05AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 05 2015, @05:05AM (#258681)

    Hey ESR, I'm up there with you and can really appreciate a good conspiracy or cover-up. But this... Really? This is the best you can do, the best you can come up with?
    I'm sorry, I'm losing my respect for you. The decline was already set before you set up your patreon thing where you asked people to give you money just because something you did many eons ago is still in use. Because you determined that somehow you /deserved/ it. Credit and respect are never asked, it is given. At that point, you no longer got credit from me. With this, my respect for you is also dwindling and if you continue with this, soon it will be all gone.
    I understand that when you get cornered, you start getting desperate; desperate for attention, for money, for anything. And a natural reaction is starting to flail around, wildly... Destroying many nice things and accomplishments in your name in the process...

    I'm fairly confident that I am not the only one who thinks like this. So, please reconsider...before everyone thinks you are an actual and real loonie that is best ignored and (soon) forgotten.

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  • (Score: 4, Interesting) by NoMaster on Thursday November 05 2015, @06:23AM

    by NoMaster (3543) on Thursday November 05 2015, @06:23AM (#258716)

    I forget: is ESR the gun-nut who believes American blacks are more likely to show poor impulse control and violent behavior due to racial differences in IQ, or the one who eats his own toe-jam?

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    Live free or fuck off and take your naïve Libertarian fantasies with you...
    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 05 2015, @10:29AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 05 2015, @10:29AM (#258768)

      The one who eats his own toe-jam is at least principled and makes logical arguments. While ESR has said some insightful things, he has said too many dumb things to take these accusations seriously, especially with the lack of evidence presented.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 05 2015, @05:50PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 05 2015, @05:50PM (#258965)

    I'm sure he is devastated about losing your respect, AC.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 05 2015, @09:59PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 05 2015, @09:59PM (#259117)

      As he should be...