On Fri, 21 Sep 2018 at 12:38, Carol Willing willingc@gmail.com wrote:
Much of the discussion here has focused on the use of a few words.
IMHO, discussing violence, assault, and implying that its okay to accept and trivialize this violence do not belong in posts about the Python language.
From the original post:
Being triggered by a word this simple is not exactly a sign of mental stability. I know a girl who's been raped more than she can count - but the word doesn't trigger her like this(only makes her want to beat up rapists). If people can do that, then surely a playground insult wont reduce you to tears, right ?
I agree - *but* there's a whole lot more I wish I could say, about context, and looking at how the conversation reached that point.
But I won't, because frankly I'm scared to do so. I don't trust myself to explain my feelings without doing so in a way that people find offensive, and suffering a backlash that I didn't intend to trigger, and which won't help the discussion.
I'm not sure that "I'm too scared to participate in this discussion" is where we want to be, though... Paul