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I Spoke To The Developer Of The Systemd Birth Date PR - YouTube (www.youtube.com)
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Some of you need to watch this video, and hang your head in shame.

Dylan Taylor has been receiving constant harassment, including threats to his life and safety, for actions done collectively by SystemD. The article by Sam Bent was explictly mentioned as part of the harassment campaign, and rightfully so.

I don't think enough people realize that this is catastrophically bad. It'll discourage people from becoming open source developers, it'll discourage people from using Linux, and it'll discourage legislators from taking the Linux community seriously.

If you ever wished ill upon another human being for complying with a relatively inconsequential law, you are better off never touching a computer again. The Linux community has collectively gone so far beyond what is acceptable here.

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[-] glitching@lemmy.ml 19 points 2 weeks ago

I'm commenting on your shitty takes. second, if you've spent decades (that's plural yo) on this planet, then you're familiar with the concept of a hyperbole. a hyperbole is a purposefully exaggerated statement in order to draw attention to the importance of an issue. e.g. I could eat a horse - no you couldn't, you're just mildly inconvenienced with what you think is hunger.

consequently, there's a distinction to be made between actual calls to violence (of which I haven't seen any on this platform) and vividly voicing disgust and anger.

[-] Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 weeks ago

Excellent. Just having his face out there will discourage him for good, once he gets the backlash.

There is a special guillotine for this wannabe parasite.

A mistake without regret must be punished. They are not kids acting silly. I don’t feel comfortable with a foot on my neck, even when that foot isn’t pressing very hard.

What you are really asking is how far will people go to defend freedom? Look at history, my friend.

He didn’t have to do this. If he wants to do his part to make everyone else’s life worse, then he will have to face the consequences for it.

Nah useful idiots like this deserve the shit they’ll get.

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