How a developer oriented conference can give one minute of screen time to a by now fully open, mask off, racist / fascist is beyond me. Does the Rails world don't know, or don't care?
Edit: it's his conference because the actual Rails conf banned him. Sad victory I guess.
It's his conference he made because he was banned from railsconf.
aha, that explains the podium. Thanks for enlightening me. Kudos to Railsconf.
No kudos earned. They didn't ban him, they just didn't invite him to give a keynote. Then Ruby Central put him back on stage for a RailsConf keynote q&a. It was the snowball that started rolling an ongoing avalanche of secondary crises.
Gives him more credibility
He owns RailsWorld.
Okay, I'll bite. What did he do that's racist and fascist. And please provide receipts.
For reference, here are the definitions:
racist: a person who believes that a particular race is superior to others, or who discriminates against other races
fascism: any right-wing, authoritarian, nationalist ideology characterized by centralized, totalitarian governance, strong regimentation of the economy and society, and repression of criticism or opposition
Read some of his latest blog posts. Like https://world.hey.com/dhh/wolves-sheep-and-gypsies-ba44af6a
While it's not the most diplomatic way to express his views, I don't see what's racist about it.
I'd say he crossed the line when he openly supported ethnic cleansing via remigration. I.e. deporting legal citizens that aren't the right race. If you don't think that's racist I don't know what it would take...
Before that I'd have said he was on the edge, but now it's pretty clear cut.