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> but the ecosystem is essentially a microcosm of the US political landscape. I’m guessing all programming communities are turning to this nowadays. As an Easte

> but the ecosystem is essentially a microcosm of the US political landscape. I’m guessing all programming communities are turning to this nowadays. As an Eastern European, however, it kind of pisses me off. Yikes! It's unbelievably exhausting to hear white folk say that they don't want to deal with the consequences of European colonialism. Racism exists. You can either be anti-racist or pro-racist. There's no middle ground when everyone lives in a society that is built on the backs of hundreds of years of stolen labor in inhumane conditions. There's not _one part_ of modern, global society that isn't affected by racism. Remember, it's an extreme privilege to look at a part _real life for the majority of people on the planet_ and say "it's just politics."

gorjusborg 4y ago
Uh,is he white? did he even mention race? The fact you just immediately went rage mode before asking questions just proves his point.
- malcolmgreaves 4y ago
  He did mention race by referring to the "politics" in Scala, because this refers to a specific event. You can learn about it here [1]. I presumed that this was common knowledge because it is widely known in the Scala community: perhaps I assumed too much. And yes, he's white. You can verify this for yourself by looking at the blogpost author 's About page, a video from a talk they did [2], and with their self-identification as eastern european. I'm unsure if you meant to do this, but your comment comes off as gaslighting: you don't know what's going on and you asserted something that is false as true. Next time, if you're not certain about what's going on, I encourage you to do a little bit of Googling. [1] http://meta.plasm.us/posts/2020/07/25/response-to-john-de-goes/ http://meta.plasm.us/posts/2020/07/25/response-to-john-de-go... [2] https://slideslive.com/38908144/a-tale-of-two-monix-stream https://slideslive.com/38908144/a-tale-of-two-monix-stream
  - gorjusborg 4y ago
    First, I sincerely wish you happiness. There is no 'winning' to be had when we treat people as enemies. I don't know you, but I witnessed your behavior here. My reaction was to your behavior, not to you as a person. > I'm unsure if you meant to do this, but your comment comes off as gaslighting: you don't know what's going on and you asserted something that is false as true No, I didn't make any assertion. I asked questions based on your attack on the author. You comment was completely out of context of the article, so it seemed off-base. I can understand if you have inside knowledge, but your reaction was still not a good look to the majority of people like myself who are not. > Next time... ...I encourage you to do a little bit of Googling. Your behavior is still illustrating some of the author's point. Some individual/group cultures are cesspools of unhappy/combative people. As someone who has no desire to 'pick a side' of a language community battle, I identified with the author's lack of enthusiasm for a particular community, without knowing all the details. There's nothing wrong with that.

gorjusborg 4y ago

Uh,is he white? did he even mention race? The fact you just immediately went rage mode before asking questions just proves his point.

malcolmgreaves 4y ago
He did mention race by referring to the "politics" in Scala, because this refers to a specific event. You can learn about it here [1]. I presumed that this was common knowledge because it is widely known in the Scala community: perhaps I assumed too much. And yes, he's white. You can verify this for yourself by looking at the blogpost author 's About page, a video from a talk they did [2], and with their self-identification as eastern european. I'm unsure if you meant to do this, but your comment comes off as gaslighting: you don't know what's going on and you asserted something that is false as true. Next time, if you're not certain about what's going on, I encourage you to do a little bit of Googling. [1] http://meta.plasm.us/posts/2020/07/25/response-to-john-de-goes/ http://meta.plasm.us/posts/2020/07/25/response-to-john-de-go... [2] https://slideslive.com/38908144/a-tale-of-two-monix-stream https://slideslive.com/38908144/a-tale-of-two-monix-stream
- gorjusborg 4y ago
  First, I sincerely wish you happiness. There is no 'winning' to be had when we treat people as enemies. I don't know you, but I witnessed your behavior here. My reaction was to your behavior, not to you as a person. > I'm unsure if you meant to do this, but your comment comes off as gaslighting: you don't know what's going on and you asserted something that is false as true No, I didn't make any assertion. I asked questions based on your attack on the author. You comment was completely out of context of the article, so it seemed off-base. I can understand if you have inside knowledge, but your reaction was still not a good look to the majority of people like myself who are not. > Next time... ...I encourage you to do a little bit of Googling. Your behavior is still illustrating some of the author's point. Some individual/group cultures are cesspools of unhappy/combative people. As someone who has no desire to 'pick a side' of a language community battle, I identified with the author's lack of enthusiasm for a particular community, without knowing all the details. There's nothing wrong with that.