I would say, finally, in an era of bitter political struggle even in the free software world, finally we see a good humoured hacker joke again
I would say, finally, in an era of bitter political struggle even in the free software world, finally we see a good humoured hacker joke again
Well, as far as i have observed this (from safe distance, far, far away…) Andreas Kling rejected a proposal from a new contributor to change documentation to use gender neutral terms… and as usual with those things, people tend to get mad.
Edit: A simple to the people downvoting: Why?
Kling has promoted the nonsense white replacement conspiracy theory, whined about “leftist activists”.
The answer is because just a tiny bit of looking at kling - just like with DHH - will reveal so much more far-right attitude and behavior beyond kling rejecting an offer to fix the poorly written documentation.
I am not involved in the Ladybird project, do not really follow the development or the community thereof in any close fashion, so i do not want to take any sides here. What i can say for sure after spending ~ 30 years online is, that the net often amplifies drama beyond any rational measure… so, until i find the time and energy to look into that (unlikely) i will stay with a neutral “oookay…”
As someone who has been online since the late 80’s (BBS) and early 90’s (internet), I’m well aware of how things can be amplified.
However, this does not require in-depth review. These are things you can discover with a cursory search that would have taken less time than writing that comment, FYI. I don’t think anyone is sitting here suggesting Kling has grand plans for a gassing center, just that he promotes far right conspiracy theories and other hard-right ideology. This is a simple, easily verifiable statement.
Just so you know, this can come across condescending. I’m not going to say that was your intention, but that is absolutely how it would be read.
Bruh