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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 AOE9 »

andriesm wrote: post #63
edent wrote: post #36

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And this is why these very serious words have lost their power. Racist, Sexist, Fascist.... When half the country is deemed to support "literal" Himler, or when Elon Musk, or Jews with family impacted by the Holocaust, are called Nahtzees, then these words have been diluted to mean nothing. I hope people who so overused&misused these words are happy with what they achieved. Congratulations you made these words lose a…

I agree the words are misused, it is the boy who cried wolf. Hence why I had to ask if DHH was X.

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Post by AOE9 »

edent wrote: post #36
pantulis wrote: post #29

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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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So who does he support that is fascist?

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Post by phillmv »

sto11z wrote: post #33
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That is not true, the phrase is non-native brits, and that is very different to what you wrote.

he excels in this kind of dog whistling. it confuses people who were born yesterday, but it is loud and clear to people who agree with him or are the intended victims.

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Post by drcongo »

edent wrote: post #47
sto11z wrote: post #42

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He says "non-native brits" - but what does he actually link to? Come on, this isn't hard.

He also complains that he, a non-brit, doesn't want to live in London because it has non-brits living there. He's a racist, plain and simple.

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Post by simianparrot »

edent wrote: post #34
simianparrot wrote: post #30

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Sure, OK. But why is "teenage girl" being used as a pejorative? Is there something wrong with writing like a girl?

It isn't being used as a pejorative. But an adult person shouldn't write like an emotionally unstable teenager if they want to be taken seriously. Teenage girls have a particularly clichéd way of writing and communicating. That's it. Being emotionally unstable isn't a pejorative either; it's part of growing up. It's called adolescence, when the brain is in a particularly turbulent and dynamic part of development.

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Post by edent »

zaruvi wrote: post #69
edent wrote: post #45

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Mate, I live in London. It's great. Come visit and enjoy a pint of beer. Travel will help you pull your head out of the sand.

Knife crime statistics seem to suggest otherwise. It is nice, until it is not.

Knife crime is down 19% in London this year https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62nqvzzq79o

And still fewer stabbings per-capita than NYC.

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Post by simianparrot »

throwawayqqq11 wrote: post #54
simianparrot wrote: post #23

And this type of person seems to be exactly why Ruby Central did what it did: To save the projects from being misused as protest tools by histrionic people that make sweeping derogatory remarks about other people whose benign opinions they dislike. I am not affiliated with either “side” so I allow myself this small outburst of my own because I see no receipts and the tone of this blog post set the stage for it.

This is the decay of the current political discourse. World views that disparage human beings where previously condemned but the overton window slowly shifted the topic of eg. "degenerates" back into the public. Even though we are thankfully not quite there to talk openly about a final solution (that time might come!). It started with "edgy humor" and ambigous statements and slowly increased in misantrophy and number…

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

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Post by AOE9 »

edent wrote: post #76
zaruvi wrote: post #69

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Knife crime statistics seem to suggest otherwise. It is nice, until it is not.

Knife crime is down 19% in London this year https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62nqvzzq79o And still fewer stabbings per-capita than NYC.

It only matters in comparison to the rest of the UK, you don't know how they are collected/recorded differently across countries.

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Post by edent »

AOE9 wrote: post #78
edent wrote: post #76

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Knife crime is down 19% in London this year https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62nqvzzq79o And still fewer stabbings per-capita than NYC.

It only matters in comparison to the rest of the UK, you don't know how they are collected/recorded differently across countries.

London has a lower knife crime rate than the West Midlands.

https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn04...

Hope that helps!

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Post by mijoharas »

AOE9 wrote: post #67
mijoharas wrote: post #27

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Yeah, I don't really think it's addressed much in this article, but it's fairly clear from his posts. There is a thread here discussing it[0]. Essentially, he is posting articles[1] saying he wants fewer non-white people in London.[2]. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45303111 [1] https://world.hey.com/dhh/as-i-remember-london-e7d38e64 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45303305

I was not aware of his opinions till yesterday, but I am still not sure how that is fascist, it might be something else but not fascist?

Ahhh, sorry, I was focusing on the rascist side.

In the article he supports Tommy Robinson[0], who I think most people in the UK would consider a fascist. He started the EDL (english defense league) which was a more violent extreme version of the BNP (british national party), which the ADL article I just linked describes as "fascist".

I only found out about his views the other day too, so can't say I've noticed any articles that are explicitly fascist, but given what I've read and his support for fascist figures I wouldn't necessarily be surprised at the moment to be honest.

You do raise a fair point though.

[0] https://www.adl.org/resources/article/tommy-robinson-five-th...

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