I'd quite like HN to be completely free of anything to do with sexism, racism and politics.
Also the benefit of discussing the same mindless discussion over internet where you already know the points of both sides are minimal in my opinion. There are better ways to spend time to benefit the minorities/females than discussing it here.
Who is doing the ruining?
Who benefits by lack of discussion?
(My view is that silence on contentious issues benefits the status quo.)
I know this is controversial, but it's hard (perhaps impossible) to discuss something controversial without either:
1. adopting groupthink/wrongthink patterns 2. making some group uncomfortable 3. limiting the topics that can be discussed
I guess I feel very conflicted here. We have people who--riggt or wrong--think that there is at least partial biological explaination behind this.
Then we have women who are saying that this opinion is so toxic that it makes them feel uncomfortable\unwelcome.
There is no solution that will make everyone happy. Either we must accept that there will be views aired that are uncomfortable (you don't have the right to not be discomforted), or we restrict the opinions that can be aired (you don't have the right to say what you really think).