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[–] mawhrin@awful.systems 6 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (3 children)

david heinemeier hanson of the ruby on rails fame decided to post a white supremacist screed with a side of transphobia because now he doesn't need to pretend anything anymore. it's not surprising, he was heading this way for a while, but seeing the naked apology of fascism is still shocking for me.

any reasonable open source project he participates in should immediately cut ties with the fucker. (i'm not holding my breath waiting, though.)

[–] bascule@mas.to 2 points 2 hours ago

@mawhrin just casually pitching “great replacement theory” there. What a little Nazi

[–] nightsky@awful.systems 4 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Urgh, I couldn't even get through the whole article, it's too disgusting. What a surprise that yet another "no politics at work"-guy turns out to support fascism!

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 3 points 4 hours ago

just yesterday I saw this toot and now I know why

(I mean, they probably should’ve bounced the guy a decade ago, but definitely even more time for it now)