Comment by wk_end

15 hours ago

I guess this is true in a professional context - you don't want your user's or company's data somehow becoming compromised because of your choice of text editor.

But, at the same time, that's exactly the sort of thinking that's killed off that feeling I'm sentimental for. As a free human being, I don't want to live in fear of expressing my political views; and as someone who wants to view the software I make as a form of art or expression, I don't want to be afraid to express my political views through my software either. Should a writer avoid being political for fear of becoming a target? For fear of their books or readers becoming a target?

as a free human being, you can do whatever

as a program that tries to be used by others - stay in your lane, you are not an opinion cesspool, you are here to do work and let others do it too