A Perspective on D from game industry

[w0rp via Digitalmars-d]

On Sunday, 15 June 2014 at 22:40:53 UTC, John Colvin wrote:
> On Sunday, 15 June 2014 at 20:20:37 UTC, Brad Roberts via 
> Digitalmars-d wrote:
>> You'll likely toss me into the same boat as the post you're 
>> ranting about, but please, watch the misogynistic language 
>> here.
>
> Unnecessarily offensive in the context, yes, but reasonable 
> people can and do disagree on whether it's misogynistic. In a 
> lot of places it's not even a gendered* insult**, despite it's 
> meaning.
>
> Most swearing refers to genitalia or a specific subset (or 
> characteristic of that subset) of humanity, but that doesn't 
> necessarily make them active words of current oppression that 
> should be avoided.
>
>
> *i.e. it's not targeted at women specifically and doesn't imply 
> any negative message about women. YMMV by location and social 
> group.
>
> **it's barely an insult at all if you've got the right(?) Irish 
> friends.

It's totally not misogynistic, but it's also not appropriate. If 
for nothing else, it's just not creative use of the English 
language. It's certainly better to criticise an opinion by 
pointing out its flaws than to just curse someone.