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Who/what is DHH?

Tade0 11mo ago
David Heinemeier Hansson, creator of Ruby on Rails. Everyone who knows that abbreviation seems to have a strong opinion on the guy for some reason.
- fragmede 11mo ago
  > for some reason That reason is repeated elsewhere on this thread but since you're feigning ignorance I'll repeat it here. Basically he wrote some hateful racist shit that ever so barely can be interpreted as not being hateful racist shit, so the resulting controversy is "was that actually racist hateful shit?" Some of the people who read it as hateful racist shit are rich and pulled funding from various places associated with him, because they don't want to be affiliated with hateful racist shit.
  - Tade0 11mo ago
    > since you're feigning ignorance I'm actually not, as I don't follow celebrities (including in tech) and find giving what they say weight silly. I was more referring to him being generally controversial and that not being a new thing. Anyway, I took the time to at least skim that faithful blog post and what he wrote appears to be just a reflection of what a significant chunk of Danes nowadays think. Also where I'm from it would be considered tame and I wish my country's policy was more like that of Denmark, because so far we have largely performative violence, which isn't really effective. Personally I think Robinson's entire purpose in life is to keep himself out of jail, but he fails at that too. Not too bright a fellow, and certainly a terrible leader.
hombre_fatal 11mo ago
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- gorgoiler 11mo ago
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  - GenerWork 11mo ago
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    - fragmede 11mo ago
      that's not the controversial part, it's the distinct overtones of "go back to India/China/etc" that comes with it.
    - NoraCodes 11mo ago
      Because a lot of people who are not white are born in Britain, making them native Brits?
      - gritten 11mo ago
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        NoraCodes 11mo ago
        There have been people of West African descent in England since the early medieval period.
        gritten 11mo ago
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        NoraCodes 11mo ago
        How can you possibly define "native Brit" in a way that includes, say, Saxons, but excludes West Africans who immigrated in the 1200s, without simply saying "people with light skin"? Or is 1066 your cutoff? Why?
konmok 11mo ago
DHH is a racist who supports Tommy Robinson. https://jakelazaroff.com/words/dhh-is-way-worse-than-i-thought/ https://jakelazaroff.com/words/dhh-is-way-worse-than-i-thoug... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Robinson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Robinson
- fluidcruft 11mo ago
  So what's the evidence Framework supports Tommy Robinson (whoever that is) or is this Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon line noise?
  - fragmede 11mo ago
    https://world.hey.com/dhh/as-i-remember-london-e7d38e64 https://world.hey.com/dhh/as-i-remember-london-e7d38e64 DHH's blog post that stirred up this controversy: > That frustration was on wide display in Tommy Robinson's march yesterday. British and English flags flying high and proud, like they would in Copenhagen on the day of a national soccer match. Which was both odd to see but also heartwarming. You can sometimes be forgiven for thinking that all of Britain is lost in self-loathing, shame, and suicidal empathy. But of course it's not. Whether him saying that in that fashion rises to the level of "supports" is for you to decide.
    - fluidcruft 11mo ago
      I asked for evidence that Framework supports this. If you check the post it's a thread about Framework. This is line noise not even worth thinking about unless you have something showing Framework supports this. If you have nothing actually relevant to Framework (as it seems) maybe you should think about the four wise monkeys.
      - fragmede 11mo ago
        Oh I misread your comment. I don't have anything. No tweets from Framework, nothing in their forum, nothing on this very thread where Framework employees are active to denounce DHH or Mr. Robinson. Sometimes, silence speaks volumes.

Who/what is DHH?

Tade0 11mo ago

David Heinemeier Hansson, creator of Ruby on Rails. Everyone who knows that abbreviation seems to have a strong opinion on the guy for some reason.

fragmede 11mo ago
> for some reason That reason is repeated elsewhere on this thread but since you're feigning ignorance I'll repeat it here. Basically he wrote some hateful racist shit that ever so barely can be interpreted as not being hateful racist shit, so the resulting controversy is "was that actually racist hateful shit?" Some of the people who read it as hateful racist shit are rich and pulled funding from various places associated with him, because they don't want to be affiliated with hateful racist shit.
- Tade0 11mo ago
  > since you're feigning ignorance I'm actually not, as I don't follow celebrities (including in tech) and find giving what they say weight silly. I was more referring to him being generally controversial and that not being a new thing. Anyway, I took the time to at least skim that faithful blog post and what he wrote appears to be just a reflection of what a significant chunk of Danes nowadays think. Also where I'm from it would be considered tame and I wish my country's policy was more like that of Denmark, because so far we have largely performative violence, which isn't really effective. Personally I think Robinson's entire purpose in life is to keep himself out of jail, but he fails at that too. Not too bright a fellow, and certainly a terrible leader.

hombre_fatal 11mo ago

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gorgoiler 11mo ago
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- GenerWork 11mo ago
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  - fragmede 11mo ago
    that's not the controversial part, it's the distinct overtones of "go back to India/China/etc" that comes with it.
  - NoraCodes 11mo ago
    Because a lot of people who are not white are born in Britain, making them native Brits?
    - gritten 11mo ago
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      - NoraCodes 11mo ago
        There have been people of West African descent in England since the early medieval period.
        gritten 11mo ago
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        NoraCodes 11mo ago
        How can you possibly define "native Brit" in a way that includes, say, Saxons, but excludes West Africans who immigrated in the 1200s, without simply saying "people with light skin"? Or is 1066 your cutoff? Why?

konmok 11mo ago

DHH is a racist who supports Tommy Robinson. https://jakelazaroff.com/words/dhh-is-way-worse-than-i-thought/ https://jakelazaroff.com/words/dhh-is-way-worse-than-i-thoug... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Robinson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Robinson

fluidcruft 11mo ago
So what's the evidence Framework supports Tommy Robinson (whoever that is) or is this Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon line noise?
- fragmede 11mo ago
  https://world.hey.com/dhh/as-i-remember-london-e7d38e64 https://world.hey.com/dhh/as-i-remember-london-e7d38e64 DHH's blog post that stirred up this controversy: > That frustration was on wide display in Tommy Robinson's march yesterday. British and English flags flying high and proud, like they would in Copenhagen on the day of a national soccer match. Which was both odd to see but also heartwarming. You can sometimes be forgiven for thinking that all of Britain is lost in self-loathing, shame, and suicidal empathy. But of course it's not. Whether him saying that in that fashion rises to the level of "supports" is for you to decide.
  - fluidcruft 11mo ago
    I asked for evidence that Framework supports this. If you check the post it's a thread about Framework. This is line noise not even worth thinking about unless you have something showing Framework supports this. If you have nothing actually relevant to Framework (as it seems) maybe you should think about the four wise monkeys.
    - fragmede 11mo ago
      Oh I misread your comment. I don't have anything. No tweets from Framework, nothing in their forum, nothing on this very thread where Framework employees are active to denounce DHH or Mr. Robinson. Sometimes, silence speaks volumes.