Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: TronNerd82 Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.misc,alt.os.linux Subject: Re: After NixOS, faggots attack Ladybird web browser developer Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2025 21:10:37 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 46 Message-ID: References: Injection-Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2025 22:10:37 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="2d059ba0948e46d01482a26565cfcce1"; logging-data="2704939"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/ZCo3v880hcUl7+oPnud9NQpiiLciXTCo=" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:RtdsYcW6kph2hme+PpjGv62hk8o= Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.advocacy:688203 comp.os.linux.misc:66645 alt.os.linux:81187 On 2024-07-04, RabidPedagog wrote: > Oh boy, we're off to a great start with our source here... > Two days ago, the Ladybird Web Browser made quite a bit of news -- with > a major investment and the establishment of a new Non-Profit > organization to build a "from scratch" web browser. > > Positive, non-controversial, non-political, very nerdy news. Actually meaningful news. Can't wait to see what new developments come out of the project, and I sure can't wait to see the rest of your totally noteworthy and in no way idiotic post! > Unfortunately, within hours of the spotlight being directed at Ladybird, > a group of activists launched an all-out-assault on the open source web > browser -- by smearing it as "Transphobic", "Mysoginistic", and (this is > absolutely not a joke) suggesting that the Ladybird developers actively > support and promote human slavery. > > Hundreds of posts repeating such smears (among others) -- with one Tech > publication declaring a total boycott of Ladybird because of it. > > What vile deed were the developers of Ladybird guilty of, which > necessitated such an intense response, you ask? > > Well, I'll tell you. > > The Ladybird team stated... wait for it... > > ... that they were a "purely technical project". > > Seriously. That was their crime. Being "technical". > > Here's the details. > > (...) ...Aaaaannnndddd just like that, you drank the Lunduke Kool-Aid. You tried your best, but the second you linked to Lunduke's trash, you lost any shred of credibility. Better luck next time. :) -- I didn't choose the Slackware life. Oh wait, that's a big fat lie. But the Slackware life also chose me :)