I am a long time Hacker News reader. I have never posted before today (even had to sign up) but here goes:<p>Hacker News is one of my favourite websites and I am bothered by the way in which certain demographics are poisoning its content with pseudo-tech articles that carry an antagonistic and one sided political message that degrade the overall experience of the site.<p>I think I can speak for most men here: We very much like females and want to see more in the tech industry, BUT, we're here because of technology. We do not care about gender, race, class, or any of those other things: these are irrelevant to technology. This new age divisionist jargon doesn't jive with the spirit of community, here or anywhere else for that matter.<p>I do not think a mythology of victimization is a healthy way to be a part of the tech industry and only hurts those females who are genuinely interested in participating. It breeds resentment between individuals who would otherwise be on friendly terms. I believe it causes the very problem it claims to be fighting against: If you go out looking for a fight you will most certainly find one.<p>I do not believe this is an appropriate forum for these sorts of articles: so can we put a stop to them?
I know where you're coming from and I agree with the sentiment, but despite "gender, race, class, or any of those other things" being "irrelevant to technology", we live in a world that is much more than programming languages and processors. We are not soulless machines.<p>We should put a stop to talking about topics relevant to our society and culture just because they create dialog? Many discussions beyond gender politics and tech have a tendency to get blown out of proportion and off point. Should we ban discussion on that too?<p>I think HN is one of the most appropriate places to discuss these and other kinds of issues (theoretically at least).