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Big brain tech dude got yet another clueless take over at HackerNews etc? Here's the place to vent. Orange site, VC foolishness, all welcome.

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After a decade of cryptofascism and failed political activism, our dear friend jart is realizing that they don't really have much of a positive legacy. If only there was something they could have done about that.

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[–] gerikson@awful.systems 19 points 1 year ago (4 children)

“Sufficiently polite nazis–which you cannot tell apart from normal users–will help a community, but uncivil people–even if good!– will harm it.”

This is literally how you get a Nazi bar.

[–] maol@awful.systems 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Having flashbacks to the rationalwiki discord server

[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I was today years old when I learned that there was a rationalwiki discord server.

[–] maol@awful.systems 8 points 1 year ago

Rationalwiki users later voted to disaffiliate from the discord server for reasons largely unrelated to what I'm having flashbacks about.

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

multiple RW discords, all officially unofficial

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

now, you might have had similar thoughts about this guy in the most recent Nix post

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 7 points 1 year ago

I've had his number since way back.

Non-Nazis, shockingly, are capable of recognizing "sure, they're following the rules right now; but they're still Nazis" and deciding not to associate with them. The people who are willing to associate with Nazis... well, you know.

[–] sue_me_please@awful.systems 4 points 1 year ago

I thought you were paraphrasing but that's a direct quote lol