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DHH is definitely a polarizing figure, but this kind of hyperbole (Ethnic Cleansing) definitely harms progressive causes. I get that some people feel strongly

by N_Lens 15d ago

DHH is definitely a polarizing figure, but this kind of hyperbole (Ethnic Cleansing) definitely harms progressive causes. I get that some people feel strongly about fairness and justice, but I would like them to care just as much about efficacy and being effective instead of just histrionics.

soraminazuki 15d ago
He called Romani people slurs and compared them to wolves that should be shot for the survival of the human population, which of course, exclusively refers to white people. How much more explicit would he have to get for you to allow us to condemn his actions for what they are?
- N_Lens 15d ago
  Fair enough, I didn't know his position was that extreme.
  - antihero 14d ago
    Well perhaps consider this before speaking my dude. DHH has already written a bunch of pretty horrific stuff and this post was kind of the icing on the cake.
antihero 14d ago
I mean he bitched publicly that an llm wouldn’t translate his shitty racist article.
antihero 14d ago
>I get that some people feel strongly about fairness and justice, Yes, as is common for anyone with a shred of decency. > just as much about efficacy and being effective And spoken like a god damn sociopath.
calcifer 15d ago
> but this kind of hyperbole Looking at the linked DHH posts, which part(s) do you think make "ethnic cleansing" hyperbole? It seems like a pretty fair reading of his wishes to me.
roryirvine 15d ago
He's written in favour of deporting non-white Londoners, including many of my friends and family - despite them having been born and brought up in the UK and being full UK citizens. Is "Ethnic Cleansing" really such a hyperbolic term for a policy of enforced expulsion based on skin colour? What would you call it instead?
- TrnsltLife 15d ago
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  - defrost 15d ago
    No ethnic cleansing. June 2025: Is there a genocide of white South Africans as Trump claims? - https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9wg5pg1xp5o https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9wg5pg1xp5o August 2026: How white farmers still dominate land ownership in South Africa in spite of land reform - https://theconversation.com/how-white-farmers-still-dominate-land-ownership-in-south-africa-in-spite-of-land-reform-new-research-285507 https://theconversation.com/how-white-farmers-still-dominate... > why the histrionics You'd have to ask Musk and / or Trump - they do like that kind of thing.
  - roryirvine 14d ago
    Are you saying that 1Password support ethnic cleansing in southern Africa too? Or is this just a clumsy attempt at whataboutery?
  - toomanyrichies 14d ago
    > why the histrionics when they were welcomed as refugees in the United States? Because white South Africans were the only refugees welcomed this year. [1]. 6500 refugees (down from 100k+ in 2024), and every single one was a white South African. Calling that out is not "histrionics". 1. https://www.rpc.state.gov/documents/Refugee%20Arrivals%20by%20State%20and%20Nationality%20as%20of%20April%2030,%202026.pdf https://www.rpc.state.gov/documents/Refugee%20Arrivals%20by%...
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by N_Lens 15d ago

soraminazuki 15d ago

He called Romani people slurs and compared them to wolves that should be shot for the survival of the human population, which of course, exclusively refers to white people. How much more explicit would he have to get for you to allow us to condemn his actions for what they are?

N_Lens 15d ago
Fair enough, I didn't know his position was that extreme.
- antihero 14d ago
  Well perhaps consider this before speaking my dude. DHH has already written a bunch of pretty horrific stuff and this post was kind of the icing on the cake.

antihero 14d ago

I mean he bitched publicly that an llm wouldn’t translate his shitty racist article.

antihero 14d ago

>I get that some people feel strongly about fairness and justice, Yes, as is common for anyone with a shred of decency. > just as much about efficacy and being effective And spoken like a god damn sociopath.

calcifer 15d ago

> but this kind of hyperbole Looking at the linked DHH posts, which part(s) do you think make "ethnic cleansing" hyperbole? It seems like a pretty fair reading of his wishes to me.

roryirvine 15d ago

He's written in favour of deporting non-white Londoners, including many of my friends and family - despite them having been born and brought up in the UK and being full UK citizens. Is "Ethnic Cleansing" really such a hyperbolic term for a policy of enforced expulsion based on skin colour? What would you call it instead?

TrnsltLife 15d ago
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- defrost 15d ago
  No ethnic cleansing. June 2025: Is there a genocide of white South Africans as Trump claims? - https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9wg5pg1xp5o https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9wg5pg1xp5o August 2026: How white farmers still dominate land ownership in South Africa in spite of land reform - https://theconversation.com/how-white-farmers-still-dominate-land-ownership-in-south-africa-in-spite-of-land-reform-new-research-285507 https://theconversation.com/how-white-farmers-still-dominate... > why the histrionics You'd have to ask Musk and / or Trump - they do like that kind of thing.
- roryirvine 14d ago
  Are you saying that 1Password support ethnic cleansing in southern Africa too? Or is this just a clumsy attempt at whataboutery?
- toomanyrichies 14d ago
  > why the histrionics when they were welcomed as refugees in the United States? Because white South Africans were the only refugees welcomed this year. [1]. 6500 refugees (down from 100k+ in 2024), and every single one was a white South African. Calling that out is not "histrionics". 1. https://www.rpc.state.gov/documents/Refugee%20Arrivals%20by%20State%20and%20Nationality%20as%20of%20April%2030,%202026.pdf https://www.rpc.state.gov/documents/Refugee%20Arrivals%20by%...
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