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I don't find it appropriate to make these kinds of assumptions about the author. It's okay to disagree, but it would help the conversation if you elaborated why

I don't find it appropriate to make these kinds of assumptions about the author. It's okay to disagree, but it would help the conversation if you elaborated why you didn't enjoy the article

boomer_joe 4mo ago
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- illright 4mo ago
  It's a good thing I found his personal statement about this report before I found the report itself — https://drewdevault.com/blog/Addressing-harassment/ https://drewdevault.com/blog/Addressing-harassment/ Having read both now, I'm willing to take him at his word and accept his apology for the heinous things he has said in the past. I encourage people to read his statement to get a perspective for both sides and make up their mind That said, I still find the original comment I responded to inappropriate, I believe it derails a genuine conversation about how we treat problematic people with mental illnesses
  - LAC-Tech 4mo ago
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  - nixon_why69 4mo ago
    But it's in the context of him compiling a dossier to hang Stallman for things he said in the past, without giving Stallman any sort of grace for being clearly neurodivergent. I wouldn't hang someone for old ill-advised reddit comments and I wouldn't hang Stallman for being weird. I certainly wouldn't do it and then write a blog post about kindness to these poor souls.
- trumpdong 4mo ago
  Very spotty evidence here. I'd say this is illegal defamation. Drew might be able to win a lot of money from whoever made the site, who might even go to jail.
LAC-Tech 4mo ago
He called a mentally ill man who died a tragic death "a circus freak". It's unreasonable to post an article like that then ask us to speak politely about him.
- illright 4mo ago
  I didn't read the title of the article in that way, and I believe it to be a bad-faith reading. I understood the title to mean "the people in FOSS whom we treat with the same morbid curiosity and provokation as the mentally ill people and other deviants who used to be displayed in circuses for other people's entertainment". It's also clear to me from the text of the article that Drew does not hold contempt for neither of the two individuals he talks about, and the postscript demonstrates that he approaches this difficult topic with due diligence and respect for the people

I don't find it appropriate to make these kinds of assumptions about the author. It's okay to disagree, but it would help the conversation if you elaborated why you didn't enjoy the article

boomer_joe 4mo ago

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illright 4mo ago
It's a good thing I found his personal statement about this report before I found the report itself — https://drewdevault.com/blog/Addressing-harassment/ https://drewdevault.com/blog/Addressing-harassment/ Having read both now, I'm willing to take him at his word and accept his apology for the heinous things he has said in the past. I encourage people to read his statement to get a perspective for both sides and make up their mind That said, I still find the original comment I responded to inappropriate, I believe it derails a genuine conversation about how we treat problematic people with mental illnesses
- LAC-Tech 4mo ago
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- nixon_why69 4mo ago
  But it's in the context of him compiling a dossier to hang Stallman for things he said in the past, without giving Stallman any sort of grace for being clearly neurodivergent. I wouldn't hang someone for old ill-advised reddit comments and I wouldn't hang Stallman for being weird. I certainly wouldn't do it and then write a blog post about kindness to these poor souls.
trumpdong 4mo ago
Very spotty evidence here. I'd say this is illegal defamation. Drew might be able to win a lot of money from whoever made the site, who might even go to jail.

LAC-Tech 4mo ago

He called a mentally ill man who died a tragic death "a circus freak". It's unreasonable to post an article like that then ask us to speak politely about him.

illright 4mo ago
I didn't read the title of the article in that way, and I believe it to be a bad-faith reading. I understood the title to mean "the people in FOSS whom we treat with the same morbid curiosity and provokation as the mentally ill people and other deviants who used to be displayed in circuses for other people's entertainment". It's also clear to me from the text of the article that Drew does not hold contempt for neither of the two individuals he talks about, and the postscript demonstrates that he approaches this difficult topic with due diligence and respect for the people