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Eric Raymond: Feminists Are Trying to Frame Linus Torvalds

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

The Mighty Buzzard writes:

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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 05 2015, @01:47PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 05 2015, @01:47PM (#258825)
    "Actually, it's about sexism in air conditioning [washingtonpost.com]"

  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Thursday November 05 2015, @02:48PM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Thursday November 05 2015, @02:48PM (#258863) Journal

    "You can spot them. The frozen ones who come outside at lunch like sun-seeking turtles, cardigans balled up next to them, bare shoulders defrosting in the noon sunlight, no matter how wilting it is outdoors."

    So - dress for work. If your work space is 90 degrees, dress for it. If your work space is 50 degrees, dress for it. Stop whining. Bare shoulders? You didn't really show up to "work", did you?

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 05 2015, @08:53PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 05 2015, @08:53PM (#259082)

      Bare shoulders? You didn't really show up to "work", did you?

      I'm an erotic dancer, you insensitive clod! Now give me another $20.