In terms of "cancelling" him, isn't that up to individuals who decide they do not want to use his software?
I’m not discussing ESR here. I’m discussing you, and your transparent attempt to trap me and try and have me cancelled as well.
No, I am not.
> You're the one who brought him up in the first place,
No, I never mentioned him until you did.
> and linked to his fund raising page.
No, I did not. I only linked to one page, the page of the SRC project, which is what I wanted to suggest that people might want to evaluate as an alternative to RCS.
> How did I "trap" you into suddenly trying to change the subject? Who did I ask to "cancel" you? That's "physically impossible", as you would say. ;)
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> Is asking you that a "trap" that will "cancel" you if you answer?
Yes. As is obvious to any but the most casual observer.
> > America, conservatives will tell you, is under siege by “cancel culture.” What they won’t tell you is that they couldn’t be happier about it, since it gives them a handy comeback to any criticism, and helps feed their supporters’ sense of victimization.
Which one of us is trying to cancel anyone right now? Me or you? It’s quite obviously you who’s first trying to cancel ESR for some things unrelated to the software which I suggested, and you are then also trying to get me to argue about ESR, which would make me an easy target for suggesting that I would then somehow be on ESR’s side, responsible for ESR’s opinions and thereby making me eligble for cancellation as well.
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> You're on record as having submitted two of his other ridiculously arrogant articles to Hacker News […] you're obviously a fan of his. […] Were you seriously suggesting that ESR would be a good person to collaborate with on developing a source code control system, despite all the evidence? Please explain why. Do you still endorse contributing to his fundraising campaign that you linked to?
Apparently having submitted articles by ESR three years ago is enough to get me smeared as supporting whatever ESR is being accused of. I’m feeling seriously stalked here.
(You neglect to mention that I have also submitted to HN your story about Sun Microsystems PizzaTool. Does this mean that I also endorse your opinions?)
I try to recommend some useful software, and you go on an unrelated rant about its author, in an obvious attempt to have him cancelled and all his works expunged.
I’m sure all your claims can be either explained as inconsequential or disproven as false, but this is not the time and place for it. Take your ESR-bashing somewhere else.