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This might be the equivalent of a street protest. Why is throwing rocks at cops good but writing "fuck you" in an Internet forum not good?

• cm2187 7y ago
  The devs of notepad++ aren't cops. And I disagree that using physical violence in a protest is "good" or even productive.
  • ahbyb 7y ago
    The devs of Notepad++ aligned themselves by naming a release "Free Uyghur" in the same way that a cop puts himself out there by signing up for the force. It's not like they have been gratuitously targeted. They named a release in a way that they knew would piss off Chinese users. Now Chinese users are pissed off. Shall we say "mission accomplished"?
    • realusername 7y ago
      > They named a release in a way that they knew would piss off Chinese users. No, they piss off CCP supporters, that's not the same thing at all.
    • computerex 7y ago
      Their goal wasn't to piss off Chinese people, their goal was to bring to light atrocities being committed by the Chinese government against the Uighurs. No one is attacking the Chinese people.
• pjc50 7y ago
  The actual issue matters. In this case the mistreated Uighur.