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		praptak on Oct 29, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: No, I still don't want to work for Google > those who are in the groups doing the oppression are often blind to what goes on "Derailing for dummies" is an interesting analysis of this. It should be required reading for participants of discrimination-related discussions.

yummyfajitas on Oct 29, 2012 [–]

"Derailing for Dummies" is merely an attempt to dismiss the arguments/opinions of members of certain groups without logically addressing them.

The only purpose is to create a rhetorical Escape Hatch [1] when logical arguments fail (or one is too lazy to construct them).

[1] http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Escape_hatch

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