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A little empathy goes a long way.

• filoleg 4y ago
  I have plenty of empathy for Terry as a person, and I think what happened to him is a tragedy. As someone who had been following his journey with TempleOS for quite a long time, I genuinely feel for his circumstance. He had a brilliant mind and probably would have went onto achieve quite a few impressive things, if it wasn't for his mental illness. However, none of that would make him more "advertising-friendly" and override the perception caused by his public outbursts (which were driven by his illness). People were "canceled" for way less. That's just the reality. No amount of empathy on my end would make someone saying the n-word (with a hard "r") n a derogatory way towards a black person and recording it on video any more advertising-friendly.
  • indymike 4y ago
    One of the hallmarks of insensitivity is doubling down on it by using justification like, "that's just the reality." Be better than that.
    • filoleg 4y ago
      My insensitivity to what? "People assaulting african-american people in public and yelling n-word with hard r at them as an insult are not marketing-friendly material" is not an opinion or a position, it is a fact. Do you disagree with this and believe that this type of behavior is marketing-friendly? Is merely stating it in the relevant context insensitive? Because I didn't just throw it in there, it was directly relevant to my argument for why SparrowOS name was unrelated to TempleOS. I feel like i am being gaslighted pretty hard right now , and the passive-aggressive "be better than that" isn't helping.