Literally anything can make "a number" of people claim to be uncomfortable, especially when it involves an examination of discrimination that favors them. I missed nothing, and I award you an F for your non-rebuttal "rebuttal" of what Damore wrote.
Fair, I haven't read the original discussion and was more making a general point about the fact that feeling uncomfortable is the main concern here, not the specifics of the discussion, and it sounds like that's Stack Exchange's opinion as well.
It may become the norm that even though it's still optional, society moves in a direction where people have it on by default, and you are met with confused/dissapointed faces when you explain it is uncomfortable. Or it simply becomes a cultural norm in the professional world
No it isn't, there are plenty of people including me who believe that those things are mostly mental illnesses and\or trivial categories invented for novelty's sake. "Objectionable" implies that it's a mainstream opinion that those things are normal and healthy and the fringe opinion is that they're not, if anything, it's the reverse.
I believe OP was more making the statement that he appreciates when people state that they're uncomfortable with it. As any grown adult should be able to do.
Citation needed.
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