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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: 1) by Anonymous Cowherd on Thursday November 05 2015, @11:14PM
Cute analogy but doesn't work in this context. Gun ownership is only a right, not an identity. It can be given up for greater good. Gender is an identity, you cannot give it up.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday November 05 2015, @11:33PM
Human rights are no more and no less inherent to human identity than gender. Gender is no more and no less inherent to human identity than human rights are.
In effect, you are merely justifying your own personal prejudices with your statement.
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 06 2015, @06:56PM
And where does "Firearm ownership" fit under "Human rights"? "Right to defend oneself"? Can't be that one, because gun owners are always telling us about how people can kill with knives, rocks, hammers, bare hands, etc. I don't see any other possible right that "Firearm ownership" could fall under, so no, "owning a firearm" is not a human right.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday November 07 2015, @01:39AM
YOu apparently thought that you were making some kind of a point? You failed.
The right to self defense? Is that what you're asking about? Animals have that inherent right. They have teeth and claws, or they have speed, or they have camoflage. Animals are created with the means to defend themselves.
Man is "civilized" now, so we don't bite and claw each other. Instead, we have knives and guns. We have the right to defend ourselves, no less than animals do. That means, you can have a knife and/or a gun - or you are less than a well armed animal.
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.