▲ | the_gastropod 4 days ago | |
While it's jarring to see someone call DHH a "white supremacist", the shoe fits. In that blog post he laments that London is "no longer full of native Brits" (what does that even mean? It's clear by the numbers he gives that he's counting "white people born in Britain") and frames demographic change as a "nightmare". That isn't neutral nostalgia (something he's claimed he doesn't have: https://world.hey.com/dhh/legacy-without-nostalgia-b19708c9) it's the same ethno-nationalist logic as "America for Americans", that old KKK slogan. When you argue that a city (especially one that's always been a multi-cultural hub) becoming less white is inherently a loss, you're not just being contrarian. You're espousing a white-supremacist worldview. | ||
▲ | GreenWatermelon 3 days ago | parent | next [-] | |
I can't reply to the parent any more because it's flagged, so I'll reply to you, because I need to get this out. Overtime I gave him so much benefit of the doubt, and steelmanned his arguments because I really respected him as a Software Engineer and I aligned with him on his views in technology... But that blog post was the last straw. It's clear-as-day racism. No room for misinterpretation. I was willing to overlook his remarks about DEI, Trump, Kirk, etc.... because there were nuggets of truth and genuine pain points.. but it turns out he was a racist, white supremacists all along. Sigh... | ||
▲ | immibis 4 days ago | parent | prev [-] | |
And yet the comment is flagged. On HN, you may not call anyone a white supremacist for any reason, ever. |