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Linux users failing to respect trans Linux developers (awful.systems)

submitted 2 days ago by corbin@awful.systems to c/techtakes@awful.systems

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Sorry, no sneer today. I'm tired of this to the point where I'm dreaming up new software licenses.

A trans person no longer felt safe in our community and is no longer developing. In response, at least four different forums full of a range of Linux users and developers (Lemmy #1, Lemmy #2, HN, Phoronix (screenshot)) posted their PII and anti-trans hate.

I don't have any solutions. I'm just so fucking disappointed in my peers and I feel a deep inadequacy at my inability to get these fuckwads to be less callous.

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[–] swlabr@awful.systems 22 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I did not know about this (though I am not surprised): many of those threads mention a particular fruit-based website or forum dedicated to doxxing, harassing, or marring the reputation of people they don't like. While I won't speculate as to the involvement of that site with this situation, it's just another shitty thing that exists that I now know about.l

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 23 points 2 days ago

I found the other day that the fruit site is once again going on semi reliable hosting and I nearly punched my computer as a result

absolutely fucked that it persists