[khm]

I don't want to just silently remove the image. I'm not in the habit of editing myself to suit the passersby. I do think the image should be provided with context. It is not the only thing associated with 9front that people have targeted for removal.

I am not 'ignoring this.' I am addressing it right here, and on Mastodon. I enjoy it when Internet people make throwaway accounts to accuse me of cowardice, but I'm confused about which 'guts' I'm lacking. Is it the one where I did something, took responsibility for it, explained my actions, and then engaged in conversation with people who were concerned about my motives?

[shakingmyhead]

It's where you claimed you couldn't remove it because then people would make more demands of you. That's the gutless part. Hiding behind a hypothetical. Glad I could clear it up. Also this is my first hacker news account not a throwaway.

[_ofdw]

This is a weird flex, to choose to dig your heels in on this particular image/issue.

[khm]

Given a choice between deleting things that might make me look bad and explaining the choices that I make, I will always choose the latter. It's the only surefire opportunity for me to learn.

[slater]

"might"?

[shakingmyhead]

I suspect he doesn't want to face the fact that it was maybe a bad idea in the first place. It's hard to own up to mistakes. I've been there.

[basscomm]

I suspect that the argument of "You should violate your personal principles because I want you to (just this once for me, and then you can go back to not violating them)" coming from an anonymous account on an internet message board is too flimsy to consider.

[shakingmyhead]

I think his principled stance that his contributions to an open source project have to include holocaust jokes is not very compelling or principled.