I suspect that the mockery comes at least in part because it's Ars reporting on Gab. If it were Breitbart reporting on MoveOn.org, then I have a feeling folks w

I suspect that the mockery comes at least in part because it's Ars reporting on Gab. If it were Breitbart reporting on MoveOn.org, then I have a feeling folks would be a bit more receptive to your call for empathy here. I'm with you in the sense that it always is the process, rarely the dev. It's complicated that this mistake was made by the CTO, who is responsible for being sure such processes are implemented. The lesson for me is that we all must be continually vigilant against both shitty code and evil, both without and within. Anyone can write terrible code, irrespective of political stance. Likewise anyone at all can do evil.