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These are obvious examples of «things you can’t say», e.g. opinions that are considered normal in some societies and times, and anathema in others. (For refere
by marvin 7y ago
These are obvious examples of «things you can’t say», e.g. opinions that are considered normal in some societies and times, and anathema in others.
(For reference, in case someone hasn’t read it: http://www.paulgraham.com/say.html http://www.paulgraham.com/say.html)
Without saying anything about my own stance on these opinions, it’s intellectualy weak to consider it a firable offense to have uttered them thirteen years ago. People should be stronger than that, and have a wider perspective.
- input_sh 7y agoThose words didn't disappear and resurfaced from some secret tape or whatever. They're on his own blog, first-party information quoted all over the place, and recent email scandal just proves that he never really changed. Also, here's a quote of his about people with Down syndrome: > If you'd like to love and care for a pet that doesn't have normal human mental capacity, don't create a handicapped human being to be your pet. Get a dog or a parrot... https://twitter.com/popey/status/793384010718248960?lang=en https://twitter.com/popey/status/793384010718248960?lang=en Seriously, everyone's better off with him gone, including free software as a whole. He's not worth defending. It was about damn time he actually faced some consequences for his shitty behavior.
- bmn__ 7y agoThe quoted sentence addresses the parents or potential parents who purposefully make mentally handicapped children, not the handicapped children. It's easy to make these kind of reading/comprehension mistakes when one gets caught up in cancel culture and their outrage mobs.
- throwiay789 7y agoHe just called a human being with down syndrome the same as a pet. a human being, nobody is having problems with reading comprehension except the people that have the same mentality as him (pedos, topminds, etc.)