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elemenohpee | 13 years ago | on: Why Did The Media Keep The Recent Peaceful Icelandic Revolution Quiet?

Your comment doesn't seem to address the idea that I was bringing up, that the media has a role in shaping what people care about rather than being an impartial conduit that is slave to peoples' desires. For example, how much of the attention that is paid to British royalty is because it is presented as something that should be paid attention to?

elemenohpee | 13 years ago | on: Gates Foundation study: We’ve figured out what makes a good teacher

Sorry, I wasn't trying to create a straw man, just trying to tease out a hidden premise, although I suppose I could have been less of a dick about it.

I think we can all agree that judging people based on things that they have no control over is not an effective way to evaluate them. This happens in education, as the parent comment outlined. This happens in engineering, as you outlined. It does not follow that teachers should be evaluated in this way, or that a discussion about the problems with this method should not take place.

elemenohpee | 13 years ago | on: Gates Foundation study: We’ve figured out what makes a good teacher

> How is it any different than the rest of the working world where you can control some things and you can't control others yet your job is to do the best you can with what you can control?

So the argument is that since everyone sucks at measuring things that any arguments about how a particular system of measurement is ineffective should be discarded?

elemenohpee | 13 years ago | on: Never Lie About Who You Really Are

In all the examples you gave the reason is some unfortunate tragedy and not a part of his identity that we as a society are trying to become more inclusive of.

elemenohpee | 13 years ago | on: Never Lie About Who You Really Are

There are a lot of muslim cab drivers, even in progressive areas of the country. I think it would not be uncommon to find ones that are uncomfortable with homosexuality.

elemenohpee | 13 years ago | on: Never Lie About Who You Really Are

Maybe he welcomes the small talk but finds the process of correcting false assumptions laborious? I get what you're saying and I don't think you're trying to be homophobic, but realize that that attitude often comes off the same as "I don't mind people being gay, I just don't want to see it or have to hear about it". It's a subtle form of oppression, where gay people are made to feel that they are not free to engage in the same small talk as hetero people, lest they offend someone's sensibilities.

elemenohpee | 13 years ago | on: Never Lie About Who You Really Are

Notice that all the examples he gave were cases where a stranger made an assumption that put him in the position of either telling them he was gay or lying about it. It's interesting that commenters here keep having to invent a scenario where the guy was going around shouting to every passerby that he was gay.

Yes, there are no cab drivers anywhere who might be perturbed by someone saying they are gay. Thanks jiggy2011, for reminding everyone that our societies issues around homophobia have been solved once and for all.

elemenohpee | 13 years ago | on: Never Lie About Who You Really Are

Your comment makes zero sense in the context of the submitted blog post. Where did you see anything approaching the exchange "Hey, how's it going." "I'm gay."?

elemenohpee | 13 years ago | on: Never Lie About Who You Really Are

If you read the blog post, you would see that it's much harder to avoid than a "robotic ninja fetish". Simple small talk can often lead to it being brought up, and it's counterproductive to the goal of an inclusive society to expect him to lie about it.
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