Those who know, know.

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      I don’t have any examples personally, but I’ve been told by a lot of people that he has some views about women, race, sex, homosexuality, etc which many would find objectionable.

      Edit: his Twitter is pretty much 50% programming, 50% GOP politics. He might be a bit more progressive than your average Republican, but he still expresses a strong anti-left/anti-“woke” set of beliefs.

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          sigh I looked at his Twitter and it’s pretty standard right-wing politics. Maybe slightly more progressive than modern right-wingers, but still vomiting GOP propaganda.

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            ok, I’m left, but how’s that of any relevance.

            if you can’t put a name or even quote an allegation, maybe you shouldn’t comment.

            there are lots of intellectually dishonest people intentionally misrepresenting what others say in the hopes others - like yourself - parrot it just for likes and visibility.

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              It’s not exactly news, his invitation to a conference was pulled because every other speaker refused to share a stage with him over his behavior / the politics he spews on Twitter.

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      twitter happened, I guess

      But today I stumbled across a long twitter thread that I can only describe as intentional character assassination. The author of this thread is misrepresenting facts and making some pretty nasty accusations. Again this is not all that unusual, except for the fact that I was not invited to defend myself. […] The gist of this author’s thread is that I am a misogynist; and that I should not be taken seriously in any regard. I understand that efforts have been made to have me excluded from conferences, and to boycott the publisher of my books, etc.

      - Uncle Bob in 2017

      source and context

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        This is just a lot about people’s reactions to something, but nothing about what that something actually was

        It’d be nice to see what the actual something was so one could judge for themselves

        Edit: I took a look at his twitter, and he seems to be pro-trump and anti-kamala and anti-walz, calling him a socialist who let Minneapolis burn, as well as transphobia thrown in here and there and more that I didn’t bother to read

        …so I’m gonna go with “the people’s reactions to him likely had a point”

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          exactly, vague accusations in a lot of places, nothing remotely concrete.

          …so I’m gonna go with “the people’s reactions to him likely had a point”

          …and this is exactly the problem

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              Hmm. The initial drama seems bullshit, starting a huge fight over the word “craftsmanship” is just hypersensitive at best or toxic behavior to manufacture outrage at worst. A gender neutral terms would be preferable but hardly the biggest issue right now.

              But since “uncle bob” supports Trump then that alone is enough to condemn him as a supporter of fascism and bigotry.

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        So… What is the problem of women in tech? Either I skimmed over this or he fails to get to that point at all.

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          well, that’s up to women in tech to explain what the movement advocates for, he’s laying out his experience

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            Not even that, he’s basically using 1000 word essay to say “I can’t be a misogynist, I hired women” as if that says anything. The words “the problem with women in tech” are both mentioned many times in the article as well as its title, but somehow it’s not about that problem at all, but the fact he got called a misogynist and that he now has conflicted feelings about it.

            Man, this is such a bad defence, let alone article.

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        Interesting, thanks, I didn’t know anything about that. I’ve probably looked at the book at some point, but don’t remember anything about it.