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Linux users failing to respect trans Linux developers (awful.systems)

submitted 3 weeks ago by corbin@awful.systems to c/techtakes@awful.systems

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Sorry, no sneer today. I'm tired of this to the point where I'm dreaming up new software licenses.

A trans person no longer felt safe in our community and is no longer developing. In response, at least four different forums full of a range of Linux users and developers (Lemmy #1, Lemmy #2, HN, Phoronix (screenshot)) posted their PII and anti-trans hate.

I don't have any solutions. I'm just so fucking disappointed in my peers and I feel a deep inadequacy at my inability to get these fuckwads to be less callous.

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[-] dgerard@awful.systems 16 points 3 weeks ago

HN is a site for temporarily embarrassed billionaires who desire nothing so much as the blessing of Paul Graham and Garry Tan, so there's a lot of competitive bootlicking

[-] curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 3 weeks ago

so there's a lot of competitive bootlicking

I briefly thought "that could be funny to watch", then thought "oh no, oh no no no! That would be horrifying to watch!"

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