The original author of this post (on Mastodon) appears to have a bone to pick with Neovim since it's "platforming white supremacists"? I couldn't figure out what this meant. Some sort of internet drama I guess.
It took me only 10 seconds to write.
I'm White (99.44% pure Celtic-British Isles), and I type 100wpm. Isn't it ironic.
Could’ve just posted a random percentage with no context whatsoever and people would know you are white, moneyed and with too much time on your hands.
The relatively small core team has a member giving talks about Neovim at DHH's conference and another one prominently displaying Palantir as their employer in their GitHub profile.
It's clear where their sympathies lie, and that GitHub issue wasn't a one-off coming from a stressful online interaction.
It's dishonest to downplay what his "political views" entail. He compared the removal of minorities to pest extermination.
> When wolves get out of control, you shoot them. When gypsies take over public spaces, you deport them.
The maintainer who originally responded to the github issue clearly thinks that it does not. The reporter and Twitter mob think that it does
Whether we disagree with his political views (I hope so) and how political a project like neovim is would be questions to answer once agreement on the first question is reached
It's basically advertisement, we won't ever reach some universal conclusion on what any specific aspect of it means for your project, it's all in the eye of the beholder.
It's also all social norms, the maintainer doesn't get a choice on how it will be taken.
If you don't want reactions to your advertising, don't advertise.
I would be very mindful about advertising endorsements from anyone at all myself.