Re:A sustainable web career, for when all this blows over
by tene80i on Tuesday October 06, 2026 @04:56PM
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You seem to be ignoring the possibility that the author genuinely believes this.
Re:A sustainable web career, for when all this blows over
by senderista on Tuesday October 06, 2026 @04:58PM
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I am close to a free speech absolutist (i.e., I don't believe that DHH should suffer legal consequences for those posts, unless he were directly inciting violence). I also believe that those who openly promulgate racist beliefs should suffer social opprobrium. That is what makes government censorship unnecessary.
Re:A sustainable web career, for when all this blows over
by Tanjreeve on Tuesday October 06, 2026 @05:00PM
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You either don't think he's a racist or you don't care he's a racist. You can't have it both ways expressing an opinion while also being above it all.
Why is all of your personal opinion on if people are doing it for "brownie points" important and not just being pompous?
Re:A sustainable web career, for when all this blows over
by catlifeonmars on Tuesday October 06, 2026 @04:57PM
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Why do you care so much?
Re:A sustainable web career, for when all this blows over
by yard2010 on Wednesday October 07, 2026 @07:28AM
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Not gp, but my take on this is op is being overly dramatic about stuff, and it activates the mirror neurons on the reader, I don't remember the name of this phenomenon
Re:A sustainable web career, for when all this blows over
by catlifeonmars on Wednesday October 07, 2026 @10:38AM
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I’ve read about body language mirroring, as a subconscious way humans build rapport, is it similar in concept?
I care about people who think that just yelling "he's a racist" somehow scores them brownie points or does something about it. It doesn't. You're not brave, you're not noble, you're not accomplishing anything.