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Ruby Central Is Not Behaving in Good Faith, and I've Got Receipts

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Re: Ruby Central Is Not Behaving in Good Faith, and I've Got Receipts

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Post by cyberpunk »

IncreasePosts wrote: post #18

"the drama never ends" because people like the author continually attempt to induce it, by doing things like demanding a guest at a tech talk be uninvited because of their non-tech views.

I don't really understand the outrage either. If he was planning on including his political views in the speech, that's something else, but I personally don't give much of a fuck about the political views of anyone, especially wouldn't use it to inform my technology choices.

It seem impossible for some people to allow anyone with dissenting views to their own to even exist anymore, pretty sad set of affairs.

What's the old quote? "Your right to swing your fist ends at the other guys nose?" Perhaps we'd all do better keeping that in mind.

Re: Ruby Central Is Not Behaving in Good Faith, and I've Got Receipts

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Post by renewiltord »

What DHH said:

“First-world problems” shouldn’t be seen as an insult, but a celebration! Hurraaaay, I have ascended from the daily toils and tribulations of a life in the third world, so my worries may now include slow laundry machines and air conditioning, not starvation or failed states [party confetti emoji]

What this guy feels about that:

I regret to say I am unable to support an organization which seems unable to publicly disavow a man who has demonstrated numerous times to be a racist, homophobe, transphobe, fatphobe, ableist white nationalist who is now apparently cheering on death via starvation in third world countries

It's too much. I don't have the patience for this. The complaint is so out of left field I have to assume DHH and the RubyCentral guys are right.

Re: Ruby Central Is Not Behaving in Good Faith, and I've Got Receipts

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Post by edent »

pantulis wrote: post #29
edent wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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Agreed, but being a conservative or right wing person does not equal being a fascist. We should be reserving those words to the people that really deserve them, otherwise the word loses the meaning.

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Re: Ruby Central Is Not Behaving in Good Faith, and I've Got Receipts

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Post by 3D30497420 »

Maro wrote: post #7

The only direct quote from DHH in the article seems to be this, which is quoted as being offensive (?): > “First-world problems” shouldn’t be seen as an insult, but a celebration! Hurraaaay, I have ascended from the daily toils and tribulations of a life in the third world, so my worries may now include slow laundry machines and air conditioning, not starvation or failed states How is this offensive? Seems like a not…

I really had no idea of DHH's politics and I read through the linked posts and, while I don't agree with a bunch of what DHH said, none strike me as excessively extreme. Worth debating? Sure. Worth protesting? Less sure.

I will say DHH's post on Trump's return is like reading something from an alternate universe (https://world.hey.com/dhh/mega-a0f62cd4). What optimism was there in Trump's second campaign? Trump promised exactly what he's doing: retribution, tariffs, self-dealing and corruption, accelerating climate change, etc. I'm curious DHH's assessment of the past ~9 months and how it matches with his original "optimism".

Re: Ruby Central Is Not Behaving in Good Faith, and I've Got Receipts

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Post by edent »

sto11z wrote: post #33
edent wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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That is not true, the phrase is non-native brits, and that is very different to what you wrote.

Do you really think he's complaining about the white Aussie bartender who comes over here?
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