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jjgreen 8 hours ago

Judge for yourself: https://world.hey.com/dhh/as-i-remember-london-e7d38e64 (a web search on "Tommy Robinson" would help with context).

lbrito 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Having read stuff from DHH for a long time, this does not surprise me in the least. It just feels like he picked the right time, zeitgeist-wise, to fully come out of the closet.

I distinctly remember a specific Twitter comment, maybe 7ish years ago, that solidified my view on DHH as a person. It was a thread about remote work. Someone from South America commented trying to be nice to David, saying something like "you should work remotely from Chile, it has a great Ruby community" etc, to which his response was "I've no interest in living in a 3rd world country".

Notch-esque politics aside, that was mean-spirited, inconsiderate behavior which should not be applauded. From that day I strongly sensed that was who he truly was.

bhouston 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

DHH is on Shopify's board now:

https://www.shopify.com/news/david-heinemeier-hansson-board

Shopify's support for DHH's world view makes sense. Shopify's executive team has been right-wing for a while now:

https://pressprogress.ca/shopify-executives-right-wing-media...

https://disconnect.blog/the-conservative-tech-alliance-is-co...

basisword 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

He's really gone off the deep end and evidently knows fuck all about London or the patriotic march he's discussing.

msie 7 hours ago | parent [-]

He's made comments supporting the Trucker protest in Canada and he knew fuck all about it too.

LightBug1 3 hours ago | parent [-]

There's seems to be a trend of knowing fuck all ... except about Ruby on Rails.

Sounds like DHH has finally realised he has enough fuck you money. And that is the truest test of character you can ever have.

Elon Musk failed. DHH failed. ... failed. Etc.

rs_rs_rs_rs_rs 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Are you sure you posted the right article? There's nothing about Ruby or RubyGems in it.

vidarh 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

There is, however, a whole lot that says a lot about the character of DHH in it, such as by repeating rhetoric of the UK's racist far-right.

bakugo 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

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philipwhiuk 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Stephen Christopher Yaxley-Lennon is openly racist and definitely far-right.

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croes 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Maybe the problem is the native Brits. Because the link he posted shows that the third of London he calls Native British is just White British.

Do you think non-white can’t be native British. Is Idris Elba not native British?

After hie many generations are you native British or is it impossible if you are not white?

This isn’t about mass immigration, it’s just about immigration as such.

That’s far-right.

prmoustache 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

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bakugo 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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DrProtic 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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jjgreen 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Londinium was founded by foreigners; bloody Italians coming over here and establishing our capital, mutter mutter ...

madeofpalk 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

DHH has not spoken about the problems caused by mass migration. Just lamenting the fact that a country is apparently less white than it used to be.

He also doesn't live here. What does he know about London?

bakugo 7 hours ago | parent [-]

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prmoustache 6 hours ago | parent [-]

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bakugo 6 hours ago | parent [-]

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prmoustache 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

british is not a color and no color is british apart maybe british racing green.

croes 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

You are mixing White/Non-White with British/Non-British

DrProtic 5 hours ago | parent [-]

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madeofpalk 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The question was "Why was "platforming" DHH bad?". Some people disagree with the views represented in that linked blog post, and do not wish to sponsor events that showcase him.

Personally, I think DHH is a troll and would never be interested in sponsoring, or attending, an event that involved him.

notwhereyouare 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

David Heinemeier Hansson, also known by his initials DHH, is a Danish programmer, writer, entrepreneur, and racing driver. He is the creator of Ruby on Rails, a web framework written in Ruby.[1]

ecshafer 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

What is the issue? He liked the nationalistic display of a march in England?

aduty 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

That is the gist of it.

fwip 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Please try to argue in good faith.

doublerabbit 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> He liked the nationalistic display of a march in England?

Replace "nationalistic" with "fascist". That's the issue.

AlexandrB 6 hours ago | parent [-]

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stevenbedrick 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Umberto Eco gave a pretty well-reasoned definition of Facism, and I think it's pretty straightforward to apply this definition to the situation in London (and DHH's commentary thereon): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ur-Fascism

doublerabbit 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Just look up Tommy Robinson.

> He was a member of the British National Party (BNP), a British fascist political party. [1]

A march in honor of Tommy Robinson, who is a fascist. Not sure what else to tell you.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Robinson

mvdtnz 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Post the rest of the sentence,

> He was a member of the British National Party (BNP), a British fascist political party, from 2004 to 2005.

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