mhoye but seasonally spooky on Nostr: The central flaw with Niemöller's poem is that puts the author in the role failed ...

The central flaw with Niemöller's poem is that puts the author in the role failed hero, not a member of society.

https://hachyderm.io/@akareilly/117517521219054450

quoting
nevent1q…67hu

“Where did all the principled people who would hold the line against slop code in open source go?”

Maybe they left or were pushed out because they objected to Nazi tattoos, allegiance to Gamergate with threats of doxxing and SWATting, gendered violence at developer meetings and conferences, convicted child abusers at conferences, transphobia, ableism, and platforming racism because “he can code” or “he wrote a book.”

Did we really expect action against bad things from the so-called leaders who let WILDLY BLOODY OBVIOUS asshole behaviour happen without consequences?