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baggy_trough 7 hours ago

You should be able to work with other people even if they aren't progressive (or right wing, or whatever). Braying "Nazi", "far-right extremist", etc. about pretty conventional mainstream opinions (probably the majority in the United States at this moment) just makes you sound unhinged.

sarchertech 7 hours ago | parent [-]

Yeah most of the blog articles the author linked to were very mainstream views that they tried to make sound nefarious. The vast majority of them wouldn’t have been out of place coming from Democratic politicians.

Trying to force the creator of Rails out because he is too centrist is insane.

jemmyw 6 hours ago | parent [-]

We have to rub along with people who have different political views to our own and I strongly agree that people shouldn't be forced out for opinions held that have little to do with the organization in question.

However, I clicked two of those blog links and the second one, on "consent culture" has genuinely upset me a little. And I am personally in no way deviant from his ideal norm, nuclear family with 3 kids. But the underlying message about cultural force "guiding people to the good life" fuck that, that's taking away choice, who is to say what the good life is. And calling having kids divine joy: I love my kids but that phrasing gives me the chills.

I've only previously read business and tech stuff from dhh and then rarely. That does make me reassess him, I'll probably skip reading any commentary from him now.