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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.

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.