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[-] toothbrush 13 points 6 days ago

I read the "thin blue line" email and it seems... reasonable and sensible? And seeing how he is so appaled by it makes me question his judgement a bit.

[-] arisunz 41 points 6 days ago

knowing where "thin blue line" comes from, you don't see anything wrong with a maintainer randomly dropping it on the mailing list?

[-] toothbrush 7 points 6 days ago

Alright, fair. I was more refering to the content of the message, not the (botched) metaphore of maintainers as a force of order.

[-] arisunz 7 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

ah, fair enough. i guess that's kind of the thing with potential dogwhistles. if you know, you know.

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