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.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday November 05 2015, @04:36PM
They're public info. Waste your own time.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 05 2015, @10:45PM
Refusing to provide evidence to back up your claim does not help your case one bit. More like it proves there is no such evidence to provide.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday November 06 2015, @03:23AM
Some people there's no point trying to convince. You could point out the sun to them and they'd swear it was night.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.