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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: 2) by jdavidb on Thursday November 05 2015, @04:38PM

    by jdavidb (5690) on Thursday November 05 2015, @04:38PM (#258924) Homepage Journal

    I simply recognize them as a destructive and undesirable force that should be eradicated

    Why can't you just live and let live? I don't get it.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday November 05 2015, @04:48PM

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Thursday November 05 2015, @04:48PM (#258932) Homepage Journal

    Oh, I can. With people who aren't actively attacking me.

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    • (Score: 3, Insightful) by jdavidb on Thursday November 05 2015, @05:07PM

      by jdavidb (5690) on Thursday November 05 2015, @05:07PM (#258938) Homepage Journal

      I guess I am unaware of what they are doing to you. If they are attacking you, call the police and have them arrested. If they are making offensive statements about men all being rapists and being the source of all evil or whatever, I would just separate myself from them. I wouldn't go where they are, wouldn't have relationships with those kinds of people, wouldn't read or listen to what they have to say, etc. There is nobody like that in my life, and if there was, they wouldn't stay there for long. They are free to have a negative opinion of me, but not free to compel me to stay connected to them and listen to what they have to say, and I am much happier for it.

      How are they attacking you?

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      • (Score: 3, Troll) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday November 05 2015, @05:19PM

        by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Thursday November 05 2015, @05:19PM (#258941) Homepage Journal

        Sounds all civil but it is not civil to simply lay down and die when someone attacks your rights as a citizen and human being, it is cowardice. If there are no competing voices, they will get what they shriek for.

        How? Just one example for now because I doubt it will sink in or do any good. Most colleges now take sexual assault (defined as any unwanted touching, even if it wasn't unwanted until well after the fact) accusations as a conviction and expel the male involved. No investigation. No due process. No innocent until proven guilty. No waiting on the actual justice system. No worries if she doesn't even file a police report at all. Hell, no worries if he's never been in a room alone with her at all.

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        • (Score: 2) by jdavidb on Thursday November 05 2015, @05:31PM

          by jdavidb (5690) on Thursday November 05 2015, @05:31PM (#258947) Homepage Journal

          Sounds all civil but it is not civil to simply lay down and die when someone attacks your rights as a citizen and human being, it is cowardice

          Who is laying down and dying? I have a wonderful fulfilling and happy life and don't have to worry about what lunatics out there are shrieking.

          How? Just one example for now because I doubt it will sink in or do any good. Most colleges now take sexual assault (defined as any unwanted touching, even if it wasn't unwanted until well after the fact) accusations as a conviction and expel the male involved. No investigation. No due process. No innocent until proven guilty. No waiting on the actual justice system. No worries if she doesn't even file a police report at all. Hell, no worries if he's never been in a room alone with her at all.

          To me the solution to that is colleges should be able to adopt whatever policy they want and you and I should not be compelled to fund them if we don't want to. Your funding could go to a college you agree with and the loons could have their own colleges that do it their way.

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  • (Score: 1) by ralphhogaboom on Thursday November 05 2015, @08:15PM

    by ralphhogaboom (5304) on Thursday November 05 2015, @08:15PM (#259060)

    Your comments here are good stuff. I'm reading, and nodding, and glad you're replying from your reasoned point of view. Keep it up, mate.

    • (Score: 2) by jdavidb on Thursday November 05 2015, @08:30PM

      by jdavidb (5690) on Thursday November 05 2015, @08:30PM (#259065) Homepage Journal
      Thank you!
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      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 05 2015, @10:15PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 05 2015, @10:15PM (#259124)

        Lol, text circle jerk here!