I really dislike this tendency to (implicitly) exaggerate what people are saying when they point out homophobia or other such prejudices. It kills any possibility of a sensible conversation. No-one in this thread has called for anyone to be ‘canceled’.

I really dislike framing people from different eras as homophobes. Back when this was written this was seen as just a joke, no harm intended, no homophobia involved whatsoever.

The relevant comment is on the linked GitHub page and was written recently (June 1 2023), not in a different era. Perhaps that misconception explains your comment.

Also, no-one in this thread has called anyone a homophobe, but only pointed out that the comment is an instance of casual homophobia. It seems that you’d like to have a particular argument with some kind of caricature of a cancel culture warrior, but I’m afraid no-one present actually meets that description!

We actually live in an era where homophobia is becoming even more socially acceptable then the 2000s, so this is a weird hill for you to die on.

It's difficult to understand with all the yearly gay prides, weddings recognized by the governments, and ability to adopt children. I recognize that there are still improvements, but it's way more accepted than in the 90s and before.

I will give my last drop of blood for homosexuality in Botswana!

- some US or EU soldier, somewhere, probably

I’m not dying on your hill of non-sequiturs, don’t worry.

It turns out the remark this is all about is something in the setup of this repository, not by the original authors of the code. My comment was assuming it was. If so, the remark would be not a very shocking one and not rooted in homophobia, and complaining about it would be like complaining the Bible is misogynistic.

Instead, the remark was made in our era and probably rooted in some infantile meme lord attitude and although in my opinion not expressing real homophobia still not appropriate.