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Re:I'm at Fog Creek, and we're introducing Gomix by briandear on Saturday December 31, 2016 @06:41AM (#13290652)
Look at Anil's history of tweets, his politics, his obsession with race and just general snark. That one tweet actually did mean something "30 year old white dude." That IS the very definition of inserting race into a discussion unnecessarily. In 2012 he called me racist because I opposed Obama during the election; since I am white, automatically that made me racist, according to him. He's a jerk, at least in my opinion. I sure many people love the guy and of course they're entitled to such an opinion just as I am entitled to mine.
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Re:I'm at Fog Creek, and we're introducing Gomix by statictype on Saturday December 31, 2016 @07:51AM (#13290816)
That IS the very definition of inserting race into a discussion unnecessarily.

I was only trying to refute the accusation that he was racist. That seemed pretty absurd.

Don't have anything to say about your position. I haven't spoken to him personally.

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Re:I'm at Fog Creek, and we're introducing Gomix by hnbro on Saturday December 31, 2016 @12:34PM (#13292041)
> That seemed pretty absurd

...why?

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Re:I'm at Fog Creek, and we're introducing Gomix by statictype on Saturday December 31, 2016 @06:40PM (#13293802)
Identifying someone's race doesn't make you a racist.

Observing that some races have historically enjoyed more or less privilege than others isn't racist either.

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Re:I'm at Fog Creek, and we're introducing Gomix by hnbro on Saturday December 31, 2016 @06:52PM (#13293856)
this is both reductive and a red herring.
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