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Not excusing and justifying? You flipped the blame onto her, calling her a troll, and rationalizing away at the offensive comments. She hinted that she was a woman, and their first response is to ask to see her breasts. That's not humanity, that's objectification. Even if it was an attempt at humor, or an awkward side-stepping of an unexpected "battle", it would not make it acceptable to be so sexist. The fact that such a phrase has become a meme only makes it worse to repeat it.


She hinted that she was a woman

Which of course was really relevant to the discussion. Don't you get annoyed by people showing off when it's completely off the mark?

"Guys and gals, point me to the library to do X." - "You know, there are transgender developers on the channel." - "You don't say."




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