Ok, a little off topic and likely to be nuked by the thought police, but as the editing/silencing on this thread seems to be as one sided as the last (which I didn't post on, btw, so no axe to grind, just my observations from the sidelines):
You're completely correct, but probably not in the way you think you are. We certainly don't have equality between the genders, at least in the UK. Males have no reproductive rights. Males have far fewer rights in relationship breakdowns. Males have far less protection from violence perpetuated on them by females, none at all from female rapists. Males have fewer resources allocated to them in health care, in spite of living shorter, less healthy lives. Males are the vast majority of the homeless, while being the lowest priority for social housing. Males receive less support in education, in spite of having far fewer successes at any level within our education system. The STEM fields are outliers; females utterly dominate degree level achievement and are now the majority of students at UK universities. STEM will soon follow the rest- government funded initiatives like Athena SWAN, ECU, WISE, equatescotland and many others will make sure of that.
As for shutting down the conversation? There is no conversation. Any attempt to have one is shut down almost immediately by complaints from the ideologically pure and righteous. Take a look at the now sanitised other thread. It all looks very PC!
I read the last thread with interest. Those jumping to Susanna's defence barely stopped short of offering violence to dissenters- I dread to think what they'd have said on a less moderated forum without a profanity filter! My mind is open enough to observe the behaviour of both sides of an argument. Perhaps there's value in all of us attempting to do the same?
Sometimes, mate. Other times it really is someone with an agenda stirring up trouble. And the ideology which must not be named is remarkably touchy about being questioned about how their allegations have any basis in reality. Sauce for the goose, my dude...
...responding to "Explain to me how the hell you expect Elite to survive if the very people who bring it to life are doing 10-15 because you convinced a corrupted judiciary system of Frontier's guilt of the thought crime of unconscious bias?"
Maklar, I don't know where you live, but within walking distance of where I stay two men have been to court in the last couple of months for making jokes on social media. One is likely to be jailed later this year, the other spent the weekend in jail and has had the case stood over awaiting a court hearing. It may or may not go to trial; it'll hang over him indefinitely. Just what a single father, grieving his recently deceased wife, needs to be worrying about!
Neither case would have seemed likely even a couple of years ago, now they look like the start of a new kind of court process. If they're convicted, expect to see harsher sentences applied for and a broader interpretation of the crimes they're alleged to have committed used to ensnare others. The possibility of game developers being tried for thought crimes in the near future is very real. That's reality in the world I live in. Your mileage may vary, you may even be lucky enough to live in a country where freedom of speech is protected by law. I really wish I did...
Another for whom the force of victimization is strong.
