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Cher

Adam's reaction and expectations are intrinsically intertwined with the systems we are living in.

Some of what you've said here certainly has merit, though calling it a "dumb article" is no more valuable than the article expressing that TailwindCSS "does nothing" or Adam claiming that Best CSS practices are useless.

Had Adam expressed that he felt the article was harmful and full of misinformation and her sharing it was unduly harmful to his brand, and allowed her the autonomy to decide if she stood by what she wrote (which was more than just a link, but rather disclaiming she agreed with some of its points), we wouldn't even be having this conversation.

I personally don't find value in what Taylor wrote because it glosses past Adam's action, and speaks instead to his intention, completely ignoring the impact. This is gaslighting and frankly dismissive of the damage he did to Sara in writing the comment he did.

If you are telling me that you believe he has the right to publicly shame Sara, instead of being pragmatic about his public response with his own enormous platform, then you have got a lot of internalizing to do on racism and sexism, because that is exactly what this is.

 
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leob

Let's all promise and agree to behave with empathy and respect towards others, and stop with politics in domains (such as tech or other professions) where it has no place. Accusing people of bad intentions without backing it up with evidence isn't going anywhere.

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