[jmercan]

No matter the situation, no good can come from hatred. The RfL situation has already come from anger and bad, derailed arguments.

Instead of having beef with a stranger online and comparing him to an alt-right figure (which is very much not okay) I think having a good faith reply to a good faith personal opinion will at worst do nothing and maybe result in something at best.

Focus your hatred to the injustice of the world instead.

edit: pronoun fix

[mustache_kimono]

> No matter the situation, no good can come from hatred.

Appreciate this POV, probably ascribe to it. Suppose my "hate" for Drew is mostly re: his public persona. I "hate" Drew like I hate teams that play in the same division as my team, which is to say it that hate is lightly held.

So, yes, "hate" is probably too strong a term.

> Instead of having beef with a stranger online and comparing them to an alt-right figure (which is very much not okay)

I would disagree with this notion. In many ways, Drew is a demagogue and a populist and a (tech) conservative.

I am (tech) conservative in some/many ways too. But this disagreement isn't about our politics.

> I think having a good faith reply to a good faith personal opinion will at worst do nothing and maybe result in something at best

Agreed. But the problem I have with Drew don't extend to his good faith opinions. What bothers me is the incurious way in which he chooses to express himself, not what he believes.

Which I suppose it would be fine if he had a smaller audience, but he seems to want a broader relevance. I really do believe that 100 more and then 100 more people who express themselves in a similar way would be bad for any community.

[anonfordays]

>and comparing him to an alt-right figure (which is very much not okay)

When I read your reaction to being compared to one of the most influential conservative political commentators, I had an inkling that you were missing the forest for the trees. Twas such an egregious transgression that you were compelled to virtue signal about how "very much not okay" that is, then attempt to gaslight people with scary terms like "alt-right" (nowhere in his Wikipedia is he listed as alt-right). This is a common pattern I see from a certain segment of the population with a high propensity to have pronouns in their profile. As an experiment I click on your profile, and, well...