Comment by lavela
9 months ago
Openly aligning with DHH is certainly a choice. After all being created by DHH is the only feature they list on their website.
Didn't care for the DHH controversies for a long time but if you start writing white national blog posts[1] I don't know what to say anymore.
Damn that's worse than I thought it would be. Citing non white-british ethnic groups as non-native is worrying. Especially to try use it as an anti-immigrant statement, when plenty of those are going to be third generation at the least. In fact why isn't anyone who is born here classed as native by DHH. Troublesome.
Especially when the main reason for a lot of the problems with the country is rich white men, notably the Tories and their failed governance over the past 14 years.
Yup, and just to add, for those not in the UK, or particularly connected to London, etc. - this take is utter garbage. The UK certainly has a variety of challenges, but they are not what the far right (and that's what the people he's talking about absolutely are) make them out to be. London is not what it's painted to be by external rabble-rousers and populists, and this mania/delusion that's being pushed (sometimes by the very wealthy who are often much closer to the problem than immigrants are) is a significant problem.
DHH is (or should be) pretty close to a toxic brand right now, and for someone who published various edicts on "don't talk about politics at work", it would be lovely if he followed his own advice a little more.
Sad you have to come to the bottom of the comment section to find any criticism of DHH. I wouldn't do business with the guy, nor use his OS.
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So are you also going to list the fact that 40% of people who got arrested in 2024 anti-immigrant riots also had convictions for domestic and sexual violence
Being arrested for ‘wrong think’ is often a case of being arrested for inciting violence or racial hatred
There are more white grooming gangs than Pakistani ones
etc… etc…
DHH’s post just picked the stories that suited his bias
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DHH very keen to demonstrate to all Londoners that he’s not been to London
edit: and also is a tool
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Sure they can, but can't I have an opinion and share that with others anymore?
> Openly aligning with DHH is certainly a choice.
I'm openly aligning with DHH with regards to Linux, Apple, Rails and webdev in general. I suppose scores of other people do the same. The other stupid or controversial things he rants about are not really of much interest to me.
Same goes for Musk: I think electric cars, rockets and fast satellite internet are cool. He posts and does stupid things, most of which I don't agree with. But I wouldn't set my neighbor's Tesla on fire because of that.
DHH's is kind of the hero that the Linux desktop needed. Controversial, loud, enthusiastic but not without flaws. We need someone to balance things out -- almost everyone else with an audience out there is shilling for Apple.
Of course you can, nobody is claiming otherwise. Freedom of speech does not come with freedom from the consequences of what you say.
I have the freedom to scream "FIRE" in a crowded building when there really isn't a fire, does this mean I should be excused from the consequences? DHH has the freedom to post racist and intentionally divisive BS on his own site, and we have the freedom to let people who care about being anti-racist know to stay away from him and his work.
It's not really about whether it aligns or not, it's more about whether it's true. What he says about London isn't true, but it is divisive and fearmongering.