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>>bradge+(OP)
This is a great account of "what."

I'm still struggling to understand the "why."

(That's not an implicit criticism of the article, which is extremely appreciated because it's neutral and factual)

I've been away from Ruby for a few years but Shopify always seemed like a huge net positive, sponsoring lots of valuable work on both Ruby and Rails. I never followed Ruby community happenings very closely but I'm not aware of negative feelings towards their community role in the past.

>>JohnBo+PG
The "what" seems to be purely a reaction to this article DHH posted: https://world.hey.com/dhh/as-i-remember-london-e7d38e64

Apparently, the reason is having an incorrect opinion.

>>X0nic+oR
The victim mindset of these people is on another level. DHH presents the openly transphobic Graham Linehan as some kind of free speech victim.

Oh, I should read the actual tweet? Funny the actual tweet is so much worse than I imagined.

If a trans-women is in a space that she is legally entitled to be in, according to him one should:

> Make, a scene, call the cops and if all else fails, punch him[he means the trans-women] in the balls

He is literally telling people to be violent against trans people. And then cries when actions have consequences.

These people are like the school yard bully who will start a fight with you then cry "timeout, timeout" when you punch back. And go to the teacher to convince you they are the real victim.

>>cardan+eh1
I was actually shocked he included those tweets as if they were incredibly benign. I now believe this is an intentional move on his part. He knows the tweets are crazy incendiary, he just wants to filter out the audience early. This trend of catering to far right fan boys while maintaining plausible deniability is happening everywhere.

>>xmonke+Ix1
Its tge intent of the far right to always double down on the banality of hate. Its essentially a psychological martingale problem.