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Inflammatory take: people resent esr's right-wing politics.
by thanatropism 8y ago
Inflammatory take: people resent esr's right-wing politics.
- TeMPOraL 8y agoSo they do. It shouldn't matter in this context. Unlike in fiction, real-life humans aren't universally perfect to everyone's standards. In some areas they believe or practice something great, in others they say or do repugnant stuff. Fortunately, you can evaluate one's contribution in different areas in isolation, and I wish more people would learn how to do that.
- thanatropism 8y ago... it's not like his right-wing politics are repugnant. Come on.
- TeMPOraL 8y agoThey are for those who hate esr for it and want his existence in history of computing to be forgotten.
- jcr1488 8y agoWhat has he done, besides The Cathedral and the Bazaar...? Most of his open source contributions seem to be littering up source files with long-winded comments and grandiose attributions to himself. I've read a fair bit of his code and it's certainly not impressive. Quite the opposite actually.
- jcr1488 8y agoI'm further right on the political spectrum than ESR is. It's his delusions of grandeur and constant, smug championing of his own relevance that I can't stand...