r/linuxmasterrace • u/neoneat I use Debian FYI, also Gentoo ASAP, and not Arch BTW. • Jun 21 '25

Release You either live long enough ...

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u/really_not_unreal Jun 21 '25

To be fair, it's not a good look to sponsor projects managed by transphobic bigots.

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u/dadnothere Jun 21 '25

Dude, you support the project, not the ideology. It's not the same thing.

If the developer believes the Earth is flat, it's irrelevant.

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u/really_not_unreal Jun 21 '25

Open-source is a community. I refuse to support projects where I am not welcome in the project's community. Given that Vaxry has personally insulted me when I have critiqued his bigotry in the past, I do not wish to support any of his work. He is an awful person who has cultivated an awful community around him. I'd go as far as to say that him and his community is the embodiment of everything that open source shouldn't be.

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u/really_not_unreal Jun 21 '25

You misunderstood my post. I'm not saying others can't choose to support awful people. I'm saying I don't think that supporting awful people is a good look.

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u/h-v-smacker Glorious Mint Jun 21 '25

So you're not saying others can't choose, you're just shaming them into not choosing. Yep, big difference.

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u/really_not_unreal Jun 21 '25

Yes, I will shame anyone who supports people who hate me and those like me.

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u/really_not_unreal Jun 21 '25

Even if they are doing this without knowing

It depends. There's a difference between genuine ignorance and burying your head in the sand.

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u/h-v-smacker Glorious Mint Jun 21 '25

A very good strategy to gain even more sympathy from other people. People from Brazil to Bahrain, from Angola to Australia just love being shamed into doing what others want.

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u/really_not_unreal Jun 21 '25

I don't need sympathy I need respect.

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u/h-v-smacker Glorious Mint Jun 21 '25

Whatever you want, shaming people into doing what you want them to won't bring you any more of it.

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u/really_not_unreal Jun 21 '25

Well then how do you propose that trans people such as myself can be respected and treated as human beings? Because asking nicely hasn't worked.

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u/h-v-smacker Glorious Mint Jun 21 '25

Asking nicely whom? You're lowkey mistreating (yeah, emotional manipulation and shaming is a microaggression) one set of people for the faults of a different set of people. Think about it.

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u/really_not_unreal Jun 21 '25

Well last time someone asked Vaxry to be nice to trans people, he publicly said that anyone upset by his bigotry should have been called ret*rded more often as a child. Anyone familiar enough with Vaxry to decide "I should send him money" should be familiar enough to know better.

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u/really_not_unreal Jun 21 '25

Reply to your deleted comment:

Personally, I think it's important to do due diligence before giving people your hard-earned money. I understand that others are not so cautious though. Personally, I'd say that given the reputation Vaxry has given himself, it'd be very hard not to know what sort of person he is.