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> "you immediately sorted everyone into heroes and villains and self-righteously took a stand" And when you proclaim that this person "views everything in term
by CathedralBorrow 7y ago
> "you immediately sorted everyone into heroes and villains and self-righteously took a stand"
And when you proclaim that this person "views everything in terms of an ideological battle between the Free Software movement and everyone else", would you say that's a more nuanced and balanced take on the matter?
- laughinghan 7y agoWould I say what is a more balanced take on what matter? The two quotes you pulled appear to be takes on different matters.
- CathedralBorrow 7y agoThey might seem to be, so let me explain: To me it looked like you were doing exactly what you accused the other poster of -- immediately sorting them into the 'villain' bin and taking a self-righteous stand against them.
- laughinghan 7y agoInteresting. To me, calling people "calm" doesn't sound particularly heroic, nor does calling someone "self-righteous" sound particularly villainous when I don't suggest they did any harm. Being harmlessly self-righteous may be embarrassing, perhaps, but hardly villainous. By contrast, "free riders", "huge amount of unpaid work [for] wealthy software workers", "No world has ever produced a violin small enough to play an elegy for those “victims.”"—I don't think I addressed my parent in remotely approaching that much disdain.