The sad thing is, we knew that this sort of stuff was going on long before it reached the mainstream tech world. The SJW ideaology nearly destroyed atheism with 'new atheism', it led to a huge schism in the gaming community which is still on going and numerous other communities to boot.
But nobody did anything. Because the people these types 'infiltrated' first were generally the most unpopular or stigmatised in society. It's easy to overlook their political views when they claim to be 'attacked' by a group that the media loves to demonise.
These types are bullies, they are hypocrites and frankly, they are the exact types who are doing more damage to freedom of speech and online civility than their opponents. The tech world needs to drop all contact with them and treat them like the extremists they actually are.
This is surely overblown. The "SJW" in question looks likely to have been a troll, and it's difficult to believe that Roberto's position in the Django community was seriously threatened by this incident alone. As far as I can work out, it's all part of a much bigger shitshow:
I'm more interested by the notion that RMS would therefore not be a hacker. The Free Software movement is literally about uncompromising social justice.
Take some deep breaths. Stay the knee-jerk responses. Allow heads to cool.
Suggesting that there's an extraordinary conspiracy against STEM should be backed by at least SOME level of proof and confirmation, yeah? There doesn't appear to be much (any) of that here?
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[ 4.2 ms ] story [ 25.5 ms ] threadBut nobody did anything. Because the people these types 'infiltrated' first were generally the most unpopular or stigmatised in society. It's easy to overlook their political views when they claim to be 'attacked' by a group that the media loves to demonise.
These types are bullies, they are hypocrites and frankly, they are the exact types who are doing more damage to freedom of speech and online civility than their opponents. The tech world needs to drop all contact with them and treat them like the extremists they actually are.
http://pressfarttocontinue.com/2015/07/23/cuban-python-crisi...
I'm more interested by the notion that RMS would therefore not be a hacker. The Free Software movement is literally about uncompromising social justice.
Suggesting that there's an extraordinary conspiracy against STEM should be backed by at least SOME level of proof and confirmation, yeah? There doesn't appear to be much (any) of that here?
Good analysis of why this is an immaculate stdh.txt: http://nymag.com/following/2015/11/this-the-perfect-insane-a...