On Paul Graham and Duck Dynasty

Can&#x27;t speak to the Duck Dynasty guy, but the skewering of PG is perfect example of the pc lynchmobs preventing a conversation about the absence of women in tech.<p>As a techie, I see think there&#x27;s significant truth to PG&#x27;s opinions. Surely it takes two to tango, the tech industry is keen to hire and encourage women entrepreneurs, but it&#x27;s not like women are being turned away at the gates, by sexist VCs.

I don&#x27;t want to imply Catherine Bracy is right or wrong.<p>From looking at it, PG describes how things are (YC applications, startup CEOs) and Catherine describes how things should be.<p>I myself get often argued with because people confuse when I describe things a I see them with I tell people how they should be.

One of the things that&#x27;s always bothered me about HN is how quickly articles about women in tech get flagged off the front page.<p>It took me a while to realize that this is actually a feature and not a bug as HN exists as a promotional tool for YCombinator.<p>Having much needed discussions around sensitive topics might be good for the community as a whole; but is much too risky a proposition for YCombinator to take on.

Subtext of the article is... white people are the gatekeepers to wealth, Paul Graham is racist and sexist, and white men pick and choose the new wealth class. And we should be angry at people like Paul Graham instead of Phil Robertson for judging people based on race or gender or sexual identity.

OP might consider the fact that truth in the real world does not conform to his liberal ideals.<p>That perhaps not everybody who holds an opinion different from his own is a homophobe, racist or misogynist.

I think Paul also gets a pass because we&#x27;re all basically 100% sure he means well. But that should be the opposite of what we do - I&#x27;m sure he is the kind of person who is always willing to revealuate his thoughts if presented with a good reason to.

Many things are manufactured to create outrage. I&#x27;ve no doubt the duck dynasty guy is one of these cases.<p><i>He’s been saying crazy shit like this on the regular for a while now...</i><p>Crazy? Maybe he&#x27;s just gleaming from observation and experience or hunches? Is that crazy?

I feel like this thread isn&#x27;t going to be as spectacular as it otherwise would, being that it&#x27;s been posted on the weekend during the holidays.

&gt; He has said in the past that people with “strong” accents can’t be good CEOs<p>No, he said that people whose accents make it hard for others to understand them will likely have a hard time.

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