Eliezer_Yudkowsky comments on Of Exclusionary Speech and Gender Politics - Less Wrong

62 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 21 July 2009 07:22AM

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 23 July 2009 05:11:18AM 6 points [-]

But it's not about discrimination. It's about providing a non-gender-unfriendly environment. We are not assuming the speaker is guilty - of sexism, of deliberate intent, of anything. We are not on a crusade. We are just trying to avoid that sort of speech in the future.

Comment author: RobinZ 23 July 2009 12:18:53PM 0 points [-]

If you've got a better word than "discrimination" to describe the problem, let me know, I want to hear it.

Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 23 July 2009 08:03:11PM 5 points [-]

"obliviousness"

Comment author: RobinZ 23 July 2009 08:56:25PM 1 point [-]

That assumes innoc...dagnabbit, why am I arguing about vocabulary? You're right, I shouldn't phrase it to present all gender-unfriendly speech as intentional. I'll edit in a disclaimer.