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Re: Trans "ally" creep knows developer is a male, refers to him as "they" anyway

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On 2025-02-08, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
> On 2025-02-07 1:20 p.m., RonB wrote:
>> On 2025-02-07, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
>>> On 2025-02-07 3:18 a.m., RonB wrote:
>>>> On 2025-02-07, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
>>>>> On 2025-02-06 6:41 p.m., DFS wrote:
>>>>>> On 2/6/2025 11:54 AM, Joel wrote:
>>>>>>> DFS <guhnoo-basher@linux.advocaca> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> https://news.itsfoss.com/running-linux-in-pdf/
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Early in the article and later notes the software developer is named
>>>>>>>> Allen, but never once says he or him.  Instead says 'they' several
>>>>>>>> times.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Believe you me, I blasted this creep.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> As a result the world ended, BTW.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ha!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It almost did.  But I set the creep straight and the sun will rise again
>>>>>> tomorrow.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> article   https://news.itsfoss.com/running-linux-in-pdf/
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 1  Me to creep:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "In your article about getting Linux to run in a .pdf file, you
>>>>>> constantly refer to the programmer as 'they', when HE is a male. What's
>>>>>> your problem?"
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2  creep to Me:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Gender is uncertain from the username vk6_"
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 3  Me back to creep:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Total bullshit.  YOU wrote the article, and YOU wrote 'aka ading2210/
>>>>>> Allen'
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So you knew his name was Allen, and you knew he was a male.  But you
>>>>>> used 'they' and 'their' anyway.  Evil.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It's pro-DEI and pro-trans people like you that are ruining Linux/FOSS.
>>>>>> I won't even try a Linux distro with DEI, pronouns, or 'codes of conduct'.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I guess you don't know better, and maybe you never will, but ALL
>>>>>> technology is about the code and design and functionality, not the sex/
>>>>>> race/disability of the creator.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The creeps at NixOS literally kicked the founder out because he wouldn't
>>>>>> set aside board seats for "marginalized" people.  Ridiculous.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If you had any integrity you would revise and repost your article to
>>>>>> refer to Allen as he and him.  But I know you won't."
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> He never replied or revised the article, but at least he was well-
>>>>>> chastised for being pathetic.
>>>>>
>>>>> The open-source is now infested with these pedophiles. It's truly
>>>>> nauseating and taking away from the enjoyment one might get from using
>>>>> Linux. The sad part is that Apple and Microsoft are just as woke. Where
>>>>> these child diddlers are breeding is beyond me, but I'd love to destroy
>>>>> their base the way the characters of the old arcade game Gauntlet did.
>>>>
>>>> The pagan (satanic) "West" is infested with pedophiles. If you think they're
>>>> not infesting Microsoft and Apple, think again.
>>>
>>> They are, they clearly are. That's why I've gotten to a point where I
>>> believe that we're all just better off choosing the best product rather
>>> than thinking that any of these software or hardware companies share our
>>> values. There is nothing heroic about using Linux. A lot of us have
>>> deluded ourselves into thinking that we're changing something by using
>>> it, but now it appears that supporting the operating system is feeding
>>> the very people who would want us to be removed from the face of the
>>> Earth. At this point, if I'm going to spend money, I'll only look at
>>> whether the hardware or software I'm buying actually provides me with
>>> the entirety of the functionality I am looking for.
>> 
>> I don't think I'm changing anything in society by using Linux. What I'm
>> changing is getting rid of the control Microsoft and Apple wants to have on
>> my computing. Open Source is not a religion (at least not for me) it's a
>> means to a freer computing platform where I can make my own choices, without
>> ads and without my OS "reporting home" 24/7. Unfortunately, just like the
>> world in general, there are a lot of Woke morons involved in Open Source.
>> Until the aspell spell checker tries to replace "him," "her" or "it" with
>> "they" or some other asinine "gender" word then I'll keep using it.
>
> They're not forcing those changes on me _yet_. I fully expect them to 
> with subsequent versions of Office, which is why I'm resistant to 
> upgrading or even using the free Office 365 subscription I get from work.

Yeah. Hopefully this crap doesn't show up in LibreOffice. TextMaker keeps 
wanting me to upgrade because the newest version has AI (like that's a 
feature I would want).

-- 
“Evil is not able to create anything new, it can only distort and destroy 
what has been invented or made by the forces of good.”  —J.R.R. Tolkien

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Trans "ally" creep knows developer is a male, refers to him as "they" anyway DFS <guhnoo-basher@linux.advocaca> - 2025-02-06 11:47 -0500
  Re: Trans "ally" creep knows developer is a male, refers to him as "they" anyway Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2025-02-06 11:54 -0500
    Re: Trans "ally" creep knows developer is a male, refers to him as "they" anyway DFS <guhnoo-basher@linux.advocaca> - 2025-02-06 18:41 -0500
      Re: Trans "ally" creep knows developer is a male, refers to him as "they" anyway CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-02-06 19:30 -0500
        Re: Trans "ally" creep knows developer is a male, refers to him as "they" anyway RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2025-02-07 08:18 +0000
          Re: Trans "ally" creep knows developer is a male, refers to him as "they" anyway CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-02-07 09:22 -0500
            Re: Trans "ally" creep knows developer is a male, refers to him as "they" anyway RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2025-02-07 18:20 +0000
              Re: Trans "ally" creep knows developer is a male, refers to him as "they" anyway CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-02-07 20:27 -0500
                Re: Trans "ally" creep knows developer is a male, refers to him as "they" anyway RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2025-02-08 07:46 +0000
  Re: Trans "ally" creep knows developer is a male, refers to him as "they" anyway CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-02-06 12:14 -0500
    Re: Trans "ally" creep knows developer is a male, refers to him as "they" anyway Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2025-02-06 12:30 -0500
      Re: Trans "ally" creep knows developer is a male, refers to him as "they" anyway CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-02-06 13:00 -0500
        Re: Trans "ally" creep knows developer is a male, refers to him as "they" anyway Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2025-02-06 13:25 -0500
          Re: Trans "ally" creep knows developer is a male, refers to him as "they" anyway rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-02-06 20:58 +0000
          Re: Trans "ally" creep knows developer is a male, refers to him as "they" anyway CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-02-06 18:09 -0500
            Re: Trans "ally" creep knows developer is a male, refers to him as "they" anyway RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2025-02-07 08:16 +0000
              Re: Trans "ally" creep knows developer is a male, refers to him as "they" anyway CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-02-07 09:19 -0500
                Re: Trans "ally" creep knows developer is a male, refers to him as "they" anyway RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2025-02-07 18:14 +0000
                Re: Trans "ally" creep knows developer is a male, refers to him as "they" anyway CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-02-07 20:24 -0500
                Re: Trans "ally" creep knows developer is a male, refers to him as "they" anyway RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2025-02-08 07:43 +0000
    Re: Trans "ally" creep knows developer is a male, refers to him as "they" anyway RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2025-02-07 08:06 +0000
      Re: Trans "ally" creep knows developer is a male, refers to him as "they" anyway CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-02-07 09:18 -0500
        Re: Trans "ally" creep knows developer is a male, refers to him as "they" anyway RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2025-02-07 18:11 +0000
          Re: Trans "ally" creep knows developer is a male, refers to him as "they" anyway CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-02-07 20:18 -0500
            Re: Trans "ally" creep knows developer is a male, refers to him as "they" anyway RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2025-02-08 07:40 +0000

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