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maiyannah (maiyannah)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Dec-2016 18:12:02 EST 
maiyannah
@verius @sim @arsaces *equality. -
maiyannah (maiyannah)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Dec-2016 18:11:44 EST
maiyannah
@arsaces @verius @sim I reject the terminology here because it's something introduced by people whom infiltrated feminism to apply a divisive label to another group so they can say they are not striving for equity. It's a manipulation of language that is intentional and mal-intended. -
Bob Mottram (bob)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Dec-2016 17:20:05 EST 
Bob Mottram
@maiyannah @verius @sim equality of outcome is like the government schemes which treat everyone identically regardless of their actual needs. Alexander Berkman mentions this dichotomy in Now and After and says that in most cases equality of opportunity is the most desirable thing although in some cases equalizing outcome helps to build confidence. He gives the example of po… -
maiyannah (maiyannah)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Dec-2016 18:08:06 EST
maiyannah
@arsaces @verius @sim I'm being snarky. It's not something that applies. -
maiyannah (maiyannah)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Dec-2016 18:04:26 EST
maiyannah
@arsaces @verius @sim No. Equity is a thing that you get with loans or sale of assets. It is not at all fair. -
maiyannah (maiyannah)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Dec-2016 18:02:03 EST
maiyannah
Think I got her. -
maiyannah (maiyannah)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Dec-2016 17:02:21 EST
maiyannah
@sim @verius Well what you describe is a well-discussed topic. So let me clarify here. Equality can mean one of two broad concepts based on who you ask, and both Men's Rights Activists as they term themselves, and feminists, can be broadly delineated as to which of the two you support: Equality of Opprotunity versus Equality of Outcome Some, such as me, feel t… -
maiyannah (maiyannah)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Dec-2016 16:57:41 EST
maiyannah
@normandy @archaeme The IP for your box will be changing when I hear back from the DC, probably. A handful of the IPs in the alloc I got weren't clean and the DC decided it was easiest just to give me an assignment that they knew and could verify was than try to clean up the dirty IPs. Just waiting to hear what the new allocation is. -
maiyannah (maiyannah)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Dec-2016 16:54:18 EST
maiyannah
@bob This, right here, is why I am working on improving GNU social with my fork, rather than making something new like Mastodon tried. -
maiyannah (maiyannah)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Dec-2016 16:53:05 EST
maiyannah
@verius @sim I have been trying to decide for a long time if she is just a well-meaning fool or if she is intentionally fame-seeking. -
maiyannah (maiyannah)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Dec-2016 16:52:27 EST
maiyannah
@sim @verius Let's not mince words, this is something she did for popularity. I want to choose my words very carefully for this next bit. I like her beliefs for the most part, other than some quibbles. I do not like her as a person. I feel she is opprotunistic, and often gloms onto causes (such as GamerGate) and speaking arrangements that get her more baggage … -
maiyannah (maiyannah)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Dec-2016 16:49:57 EST
maiyannah
As a former psychologist I can understand the change in language from transsexual to transgender since the chromosonal sex isn't actually changing just the outward appearance to correct the self-image, but I don't understand people who get super defensive or worse aggressive about people whom still use the old terminology. In fact, if I was to be transitioning myse… -
maiyannah (maiyannah)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Dec-2016 16:45:55 EST
maiyannah
@camoceltic @moonman @gameragodzilla @sim It used to be just "LGB" in my time. The rest has been added by people glomming on to the popular cause to seek to use it to their own ends, and that goes for transsexuals (or I guess we call them transgenders) too. -
maiyannah (maiyannah)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Dec-2016 16:44:31 EST
maiyannah
@verius @sim Keeping special status may be desirable, and I won't deny there's ways in which it could directly benefit me as an individual even, but as a former psychologist, I recognize the deeper harm to doing so: if you have a group that is placed above another, intentionally by such special status or by means of receiving things the other does not, then what you … -
maiyannah (maiyannah)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Dec-2016 16:42:45 EST
maiyannah
@bob A miserable pile of secrets. -
maiyannah (maiyannah)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Dec-2016 16:41:49 EST
maiyannah
@sim @verius The problem with actual gender equality is that it goes both ways. If people like me want women to be equal to men (which, well, I do at least!) that means not only improving the areas which were deficient, such as historically, the right to vote, and more modernly, conventions around marriage and job roles, it ALSO means we need to be prepared to temp… -
maiyannah (maiyannah)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Dec-2016 16:39:49 EST
maiyannah
@verius @sim I like her work for the most part (some relatively minor quibbles here and there) but I think she belonged involved with GamerGate as much as I belong in a club for heterosexual swingers. -
maiyannah (maiyannah)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Dec-2016 16:39:07 EST
maiyannah
@sim Har har -
maiyannah (maiyannah)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Dec-2016 16:38:32 EST
maiyannah
@andersbateva No, because I don't give a shit what you think. -
maiyannah (maiyannah)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Dec-2016 13:13:25 EST
maiyannah
OK, leg found. I'll be back later!
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