> In fact, just today, The New York Times announced that it’s going to commit to publishing an equal number of letters from men and women, even though 75 percent of the letter writers are men. Men like to put themselves out in public and show off. But The New York Times has committed to this equal outcomes social justice, which says we’re gonna treat people unequally in order to attain equal outcomes.
> That I think is unfair.
Um, no, it's not unfair. The very idea is that you have a group that is used to getting its ideas out there, and there is another group that won't open its mouth because to do so would be a nail sticking out. From a strictly statistical standpoint, the NYTimes is trying to sample more effectively.
> Most Americans think it’s unfair.
Source?
And, this is not an acceptable standard of good conduct.
In your defense, if it could be shown that the most thoughtful female writers strongly tended to be those most likely to show that off by sending a letter to the Times, you'd be right. I couldn't say, but I suspect that instead, extroverts of either sex are most likely to write in.
Re unfair, making doubly sure that women's views were presented about issues where their perspective is distinct seems fair to me. So your viewpoint could still go through.
> That I think is unfair.
Um, no, it's not unfair. The very idea is that you have a group that is used to getting its ideas out there, and there is another group that won't open its mouth because to do so would be a nail sticking out. From a strictly statistical standpoint, the NYTimes is trying to sample more effectively.
> Most Americans think it’s unfair.
Source?
And, this is not an acceptable standard of good conduct.