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Just putting this here cause I found it a good overview of a pretty confusing situation I had no prior knowledge about

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Well, having read his blog for a while Drew DeVault could certainly also be described as "having a bit of a 'personality'". Seems communities tend to form around people who have strong opinions on many things and sometimes those opinions clash. That in itself isn't really an issue though, mostly it becomes more of a problem the larger the scope of opinions discussed becomes as there is more potential for conflict that can not be resolved because it touches on core world view aspects of one or both people involved.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

It's extremely important to watch all points referenced, Devault very intentionally picked things that vaxry did to make it sound a lot worse then he is. That's not to say vaxry is a saint, he sure as shit ain't. But he is no where near as bad as drew wants people to believe. Drew has outright lied multiple times in his posts about Vaxry, and what isn't lied abput most of the context is manipulated to make it seem way worse then it is