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They want to dump on platforms for taking action against hate speech and instigating violence because "someone else censored political activism". It's a disgusting point of view.

For working on the languages themselves for sure. But thankfully working with functional languages helps with outcomes and commercial viability.

If only languages like Clojure, F#, OCaml, Kotlin, and many more enjoyed more popularity and support.

You're worried about free speech - but what happens when an elected official calls for violence against a group of people? What happens when those calls for violence are answered and people die?

There is a reason yelling fire in a crowded theater is not protected speech, and companies should be in the business of censoring speech that incites violence.

Some people want to feel good about not wearing a mask, damn the consequences, damn the people hurt.

If 80% of Americans wore masks infections would plummet https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/05/masks-covid-19-infec...

If people are too selfish to wear a mask I have no problem with a mandate.

So it's not worth it. Why be less careful than companies in the hope they will be good citizens, when it's easier to be careful and not have to hope?

I wonder what the author would think of F Sharp.

It will have to come from the community then. A community has no inherent right to a service - or to the time and effort of the people who build and maintain it.

So maybe alternative won't arise - because spending hours building a product and paying to host it for people who can't or won't pay is a hard sell.

The fear of death due to infection by a pandemic is new. The need for PPE and lack thereof is new. Firing whitleblowers in the face of a pandemic and meeting to smear them (with public proof thanks to a leak) is new.

We didn't think Amazon was nice and cuddly - but this is a good point for Tim to exit.

Jumping on someone doing a principled thing at personal cost for "not doing it sooner" is so cynical. I think we can criticize Amazon's long history of being repressive without shaming someone who publicly did the right thing.

NO. You risk spreading it, young and healthy people are still dying or having severe outcomes - we still don't know enough to predict how it will go.

And we still don't know if catching one strain once confers immunity, or for how long. So you won't be "done with it".

If you do get sick you become a burden on an overloaded healthcare system.

The people talking about this option are rightly being shut down.

Thank you for everything you said. The reality is more nuanced and depends on the specifics. The "law" being zealously cited here isn't a rule. Nor is the thought an approach is wrong if a big organization failed at it.

Because "consumer choice" isn't a practical and full response to corporate abuse of power. Regulation is complete - if it's a well written regulation it works.

"Nobody is forcing you" misses the point.

Some on this site seem to be ruthlessly selfish. They do not care about those who are at risk - and would rather rush back to the way things were.

It's ethically vile, and deserves nothing but spit.

That anyone will die should be reason enough to slow down and do the right thing. Covid-19 has revealed how thin some margins are for businesses we need to survive. Condemning the sick to die and going back to normal isn't just cruel and evil - it's shortsighted and foolish.

We need to change.