Re:Rubyists, we must do better
by luckylion on Monday June 08, 2020 @08:03AM
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> The public opinion on what is and is not hurtful changes over time, and you have to stick with the times.
If you "stick with the times", don't you essentially commit to do whatever the loudest, most extreme people want? Your average person doesn't care if your library is called Darth Vader, but somebody looking for outrage will declare that they are offended and you must now submit to their will because otherwise you're offensive and they will try to ruin your life.
Giving in to those people is like giving in to the demands of terrorists: do it once and you will have them show up again tomorrow with more demands.
> It's about what is right and wrong, not what the current political climate is.
How is the name of a software library right or wrong in general? I'd follow that argument if the name was "fuck you, John Doe" or something like that. But RuboCop? Really?
If you "stick with the times", don't you essentially commit to do whatever the loudest, most extreme people want? Your average person doesn't care if your library is called Darth Vader, but somebody looking for outrage will declare that they are offended and you must now submit to their will because otherwise you're offensive and they will try to ruin your life.
Giving in to those people is like giving in to the demands of terrorists: do it once and you will have them show up again tomorrow with more demands.
> It's about what is right and wrong, not what the current political climate is.
How is the name of a software library right or wrong in general? I'd follow that argument if the name was "fuck you, John Doe" or something like that. But RuboCop? Really?