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by wongarsu6 hours ago |
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upvoteby elektronika6 hours ago|
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> programmer with political views

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.

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upvoteby wongarsu5 hours ago|
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In my view the core of the "drama" is about whether quoting an unpolitical statement of a person endorses the person as a whole, including their political views.

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

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upvoteby makeitdouble4 hours ago|
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When you put an endorsement quote on your project page, you're addressing it to a large range of unrelated people who majoritarly won't even be users of your project (yet).

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.

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upvoteby queenkjuul2 hours ago|
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Accepting a PR from a racist is a very different thing to using a quote from a racist as advertising for your product.

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.

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upvoteby xigoi1 hours ago|
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It doesn’t matter what his political views are, as they’re totally unrelated to what he said about Neovim. Quoting what he said about Neovim does not in any way indicate support of his political views.
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upvoteby s1artibartfast5 hours ago|
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upvoteby db48x5 hours ago|
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The people who say that he is racist or fascist don’t believe that immigration can be illegal. That is, they believe that all migration should be allowed all of the time, and that successful countries should not be allowed to keep people out.
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