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Re: From kafkatrap to honeytrap

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Breitbart wrote about an article about this. (Breitbart, I know I know...) http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2015/11/04/feminists-are-tryin...

What is wrong with Breitbart?

They're pretty right wing, and some of their articles are questionably sourced.

Re: From kafkatrap to honeytrap

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It should be clear that in the current political-ideological climate, any successful white male should consider himself a target. There is an army of zealots who believe your status is undeserved and the result of systemic oppression of which you are now a corporeal representation. They want to tear you down, destroy your life and work via any means possible, and will do it all with the glib and sincere conviction that they are serving the cause of justice.

Re: From kafkatrap to honeytrap

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Is there anything more to this than: Eric Raymond says that someone told him, apparently with no substantiation, that "multiple runs" of this sort of bizarre entrapment had occurred? It looks more than a bit paranoid to me, and such allegations seem to demand a serious burden of proof.

EDIT: I won't complain about the downvote, but I assume it indicates that the answer is: yes, there's something more to it. I didn't mean to seem snarky (and I have removed editorialising about esr that might have given that effect), and would really appreciate an explanation of why this deserves to be regarded as more than 3rd-hand hearsay.

Re: From kafkatrap to honeytrap

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I would like to see this make it to the front page so we can see a decent discussion.

ESR's source didn't actually provide him any proof or really any explanation of where he got his info at all.

But if this gets a little more exposure maybe it will be possible to get Linus himself to weigh in.

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