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I can totally imagine a situation where some people at Basecamp wouldn't take "sorry, let's move on" as an answer and had to see DHH / others be a martyr, and I

I can totally imagine a situation where some people at Basecamp wouldn't take "sorry, let's move on" as an answer and had to see DHH / others be a martyr, and I could agree with Basecamp collectively finding that unacceptable. But making the response to that effectively "you can no longer discuss working conditions or diversity and inclusion ever again" is an incredibly disproportionate response. If the response to that situation was to have a discussion with that employee / group of employees about the need to move on and come to a resolution, instead of blasting publicly that politics and committees, and basically everything other than DHH and Jason having absolute authority is no longer accepted, we wouldn't be having this conversation in the first place.

Daishiman 5y ago
It's not disproportionate. I've seen this time and time again; some people _can't help themselves_ being conflictive and reraising certain issues. You either put a sock on it and move or you allow this discussion to go on forever. And yes, as the owners and founders they are entirely within their rights to run the company as such. It hurts some people to remember that companies aren't committees where everyone's word matters the same. That's just the way it is.