Eric S. Raymond is a dickhead
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Eric S. Raymond is a dickhead
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Re: Eric S. Raymond is a dickhead
#2You sir are not his wife or family, so his views are his own. Argue and try to convince him you are right, and otherwise, ignore his non-related to software personal beliefs.
Calling him names doesn't help.
Grow up kid.
Re: Eric S. Raymond is a dickhead
#3You sir are not his wife or family, so his views are his own. Argue and try to convince him you are right, and otherwise, ignore his non-related to software personal beliefs. Calling him names doesn't help. Grow up kid.
Ignoring prominent racists is a great way to help racism spread.
For that matter, ignoring anyone/anything vile and influential is, in my opinion, tantamount to helping them spread their ideas.
Re: Eric S. Raymond is a dickhead
#4The first quote sounds about right to me. If you're good at what you do, you don't need to constantly prove it to everyone. I don't understand why you'd be bothered by that.
The second quote is taken out of context. He thinks he's citing some statistic, but doesn't give a source for it. So assume he's wrong until a source surfaces, and then scrutinize that.
You're misinterpreting the third quote, but it also makes him sound silly. He's not claiming that HIV isn't real; he's claiming that AIDS isn't a single thing that is only caused by HIV. That's not really a profound statement.
Re: Eric S. Raymond is a dickhead
#5The first quote sounds about right to me. If you're good at what you do, you don't need to constantly prove it to everyone. I don't understand why you'd be bothered by that. The second quote is taken out of context. He thinks he's citing some statistic, but doesn't give a source for it. So assume he's wrong until a source surfaces, and then scrutinize that. You're misinterpreting the third quote, but it also makes hi…
"In the U.S., blacks are 12% of the population but commit 50% of violent crimes; can anyone honestly think this is unconnected to the fact that they average 15 points of IQ lower than the general population? That stupid people are more violent is a fact independent of skin color." - Eric S. Raymond
This hearkens back to the worst days of "scientific evidence" that Africans are inferior to Anglo-Saxons or whatever European race suited the people making the argument.
Study history and you'll see that we, as a society, have already dealt with these fucking nutjobs and there's no reason a sane, educated adult should be spouting this utter, reprehensible bullshit. It doesn't matter if he "thinks he's citing some statistic". Saying that African-descended people are dumber, and therefore more violent, than European-descended people is completely repugnant.
How could you even defend something like that? Ignorance or misinterpretation is not an excuse on his part.