Yes. Our disagreement comes from you framing the issue as unquestionable "abuse" to shut down rational discussion. You are assuming that a disinterested third party would conclude the environment was indeed hostile, and…
Verbal abuse is a thing. Unwanted compliments do not immediately constitute verbal abuse.
I read the tweets before commenting. The only specifics I saw were several verbal remarks (please correct me if I missed something). Framing poor taste compliments as "abuse" is less impressive.
You're setting up a straw man of equivalence. > I don't think social outcast implies tactless creep Of course, because there is more than one way to lack social skills. > tactless creep clearly doesn't imply social…
It is pretty amazing that we've taken computing, a field that has traditionally been a refuge of social outcasts, and turned it into an environment where being a tactless creep is outrage worthy.
Yes. Our disagreement comes from you framing the issue as unquestionable "abuse" to shut down rational discussion. You are assuming that a disinterested third party would conclude the environment was indeed hostile, and…
Verbal abuse is a thing. Unwanted compliments do not immediately constitute verbal abuse.
I read the tweets before commenting. The only specifics I saw were several verbal remarks (please correct me if I missed something). Framing poor taste compliments as "abuse" is less impressive.
You're setting up a straw man of equivalence. > I don't think social outcast implies tactless creep Of course, because there is more than one way to lack social skills. > tactless creep clearly doesn't imply social…
It is pretty amazing that we've taken computing, a field that has traditionally been a refuge of social outcasts, and turned it into an environment where being a tactless creep is outrage worthy.