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I don't care about ICE one way or another, but calling people "monkeys" and "losers" because they're not building a product to your exact specifications is extr

by petcat 11mo ago

I don't care about ICE one way or another, but calling people "monkeys" and "losers" because they're not building a product to your exact specifications is extremely childish. It seems to me that the real "losers" are the ones spending so much time bitching and moaning about a software platform they don't like.

barnabee 11mo ago
> I don't care about ICE one way or another, Which is itself a political position, a privileged one at that
- samdoesnothing 11mo ago
  What an incredibly arrogant statement. Not everyone is American for starters.
  - barnabee 11mo ago
    It’s still a political position to take to not care about things that happen in other countries. (I’m not American either, not that it should matter.)
  - mcdonje 11mo ago
    Not being an American is a privileged position regarding an issue that negatively affects Americans. It's no different than if I, an American, fail to care about, say, Hungary's slide into autocracy. I am privileged to be able to not care about it.
    - OrangeMusic 11mo ago
      By that definition, "privileged" looses all meaning, as there is an infinite number of injustices in the universe, and no one is affected by all of them.
      - mcdonje 11mo ago
        It doesn't lose all meaning and your argument doesn't support your assertion.
- throwawaypath 11mo ago
  The oppositie is also true. "Caring" about ICE and wanting to flood the US with illegal immigrants is also a political position, a privileged one at that. It's a luxury belief: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxury_belief https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxury_belief
voidnap 11mo ago
They aren't "bitching and moaning" they are moving communities and platforms. GitHub is user hostile run by a company with a pattern for that. Alternatives to GitHub exist and supporting them is not "bitching and moaning", it's building and creating. The fact you can't or won't recognize that is telling.
duxup 11mo ago
> so much time bitching and moaning They are doing more than that.

by petcat 11mo ago

barnabee 11mo ago

> I don't care about ICE one way or another, Which is itself a political position, a privileged one at that

samdoesnothing 11mo ago
What an incredibly arrogant statement. Not everyone is American for starters.
- barnabee 11mo ago
  It’s still a political position to take to not care about things that happen in other countries. (I’m not American either, not that it should matter.)
- mcdonje 11mo ago
  Not being an American is a privileged position regarding an issue that negatively affects Americans. It's no different than if I, an American, fail to care about, say, Hungary's slide into autocracy. I am privileged to be able to not care about it.
  - OrangeMusic 11mo ago
    By that definition, "privileged" looses all meaning, as there is an infinite number of injustices in the universe, and no one is affected by all of them.
    - mcdonje 11mo ago
      It doesn't lose all meaning and your argument doesn't support your assertion.
throwawaypath 11mo ago
The oppositie is also true. "Caring" about ICE and wanting to flood the US with illegal immigrants is also a political position, a privileged one at that. It's a luxury belief: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxury_belief https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxury_belief

voidnap 11mo ago

They aren't "bitching and moaning" they are moving communities and platforms. GitHub is user hostile run by a company with a pattern for that. Alternatives to GitHub exist and supporting them is not "bitching and moaning", it's building and creating. The fact you can't or won't recognize that is telling.

duxup 11mo ago

> so much time bitching and moaning They are doing more than that.