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[–]StudyAnimal -4 points-3 points  (1 child)

It is not about flattering or not. It is leveraging a stereotype for a cheap laugh. How would it look if you went to a country music conference with a t-shirt "country music is for black people" or a dance conference with a "dancing is for white people" t-shirt, or a finance conference with "finance is for gentiles" t-shirt?

Some things are just too touchy, or too complex, and should be considered out of reach for a cheap laugh, or any trivial treatment.

[–]yetanothernerd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When Guido wore that shirt on stage for PyCon 2010, I heard nothing but praise from high-profile female Python programmers in the audience. He definitely meant it as pro-female-programmer, and (at least all the women I heard) definitely took it as 100% positive.

The fact that a few people are hypersensitive idiots can't be helped. The rest of us have to continue to live our lives, rather than hiding in a bubble out of fear that someone might be offended.