2 ms·
That is such a weak argument. No, using a software made by someone you don't agree with does not require you to subscribe to their ideology. It is not indicativ
by rglullis 3y ago
That is such a weak argument. No, using a software made by someone you don't agree with does not require you to subscribe to their ideology. It is not indicative of support of any kind.
It's getting tiring this extreme concern about being "guilty by association". Yeah, the Lemmy devs can make good, useful software. Yes, the Lemmy devs are idiots. The same thing can be said about Richard Stallman and Emacs. I can hold more than two opinions about a person, and I can tell when someone deserves credit or not.
- bluGill 3y agoI use a lot of services from people I disagree with. However eventually some disagreements go far enough that I start rejecting otherwise good things because I don't want them to have support. This is why countries sanction others even though they lose good things.
- rglullis 3y agoYou are not a country. The amount of interconnections between countries is a lot smaller than between people participating in the Fediverse. Sanctions are already ineffective for behavior-changing at the country level, at personal level it is not only completely ineffective but ends up creating more of the behavior you want to avoid by forcing the "sanctioned" to find support only in those that share the exact same values. It is a recipe for exclusion, polarization and extremism. The Christian teaching of "hate the sin, love the sinner" is the best approach here. Showing support for what the lemmy devs are doing while showing how despicable are their beliefs and stating where are your differences will always work better than creating an insurmountable wall between you and them.