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Protesilaos aka "Prot" is a well-known member of the Emacs community, being the author of several popular packages. I unfortunately just learned about an anti-feminist rant he posted to his website 5 days ago (Sep 5). I don't want to link it, but it is easily found if you desire.

His philosophy just sucks, he's not as smart as he thinks he is, he's stuck arguing with himself over his own abstractions

In short, he equates feminism with individualism in order to "prove" that feminism and socialism don't mix (and he doesn't like socialism anyway)

shut the fuck up Prot

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[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 13 points 3 weeks ago

One time I got mad at someone (also in canada) about the giant as confederate flag painted in their car. They were Dukes of Hazard fans, no kidding, that shit was huge in rural NS when it aired. Like, you made sure not to drive in the hours after it came on cause people would be drunk driving and hyped up on Duke energy. The guy I called out was an older fella who had just kept his recreated Duke Mobile and never considered the implication. He did repaint after and turned out he was a pretty cool dude in the end. I only yell this story cause it's a fun story. This guy is the exception and confederate flags should be called out, this nice guy would have been driving around with a hate symbol of a car had I not gotten mad at him. Canadian Confederate Apologists are a weird thing but not uncommon. My fucking dad for one, I mentioned that I had been seeing a car with a confederate flag front license plate parked in the grocery store lot nearby often and he went on to tell me it doesnt represent being pro slavery but southern pride and rebellion in a broad sense. He just thinks this because he likes NASCAR. otherwise he's lib Hank Hill.