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Re:Emacs standing alone on a Linux Kernel (2004) by omginternets on Thursday November 03, 2016 @01:45PM (#12866199)
That's totally missing the point.

We can both condemn the stupid/wrong behavior and celebrate the intellectual achievements. The point is that we shouldn't hold back our praise of the latter on account of the former.

This is a typical false-dichotomy that plagues contemporary discourse around social justice and various *isms.

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Re:Emacs standing alone on a Linux Kernel (2004) by ricksplat on Thursday November 03, 2016 @03:55PM (#12867376)
I don't agree. Many wouldn't.
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Re:Emacs standing alone on a Linux Kernel (2004) by omginternets on Thursday November 03, 2016 @08:56PM (#12869554)
Hardly an argument, though.

If we abided by your reasoning, the US wouldn't have a space program.

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Re:Emacs standing alone on a Linux Kernel (2004) by ricksplat on Friday November 04, 2016 @02:06AM (#12870677)
What's there to argue about? You think you're right and I think you're wrong.
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