@chozang said in Is DevOps also a manifestation of white male privilege?:
@anonymous234 said in Is DevOps also a manifestation of white male privilege?:
I have no obligation to educate people
This is like the first meme all crazy SJWs learn. There's not one out there that doesn't repeat that when asked about anything.
It's stupid on the face of it. The sole purpose of talking (or typing) is to "educate" others. There is no other reason anyone has ever spoken since the beginning of speech.
A lot of (perhaps most) communication is about socialisation - maintaining or manipulating status and relations rather than imparting information.
The SJW example above is obviously political posturing and a lazy attempt to assert dominance. It may well be a successful strategy - depending on who the person is trying to impress and to what extent power-politics requires shutting down of a conservation where they might otherwise lose face.
e.g. how many committee meetings do you go to that last for hours and everyone talks voraciously yet no-one learns anything? Middle managers often love such meetings because they are the ones for whom social status is probably most precarious and where social politicking is their primary objective.
e.g. this post is only marginally about trying to change your understanding ('to educate') and is mostly to try to make myself look clever (~ feel better about myself) or to compose my own thoughts. The same can probably be said of the majority of posts here - if someone learns something along the way then that's a bonus.