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by oap_bram 1929 days ago
I've had a conversation with this person on Twitter as well, and immediately blocked me for not being "good faith" while she casually throws around terms like "dirtbag left" and "those East Block country devs are caustic". I'm all for a more inclusive community, but spewing toxicity against a certain political ideology and using classicism in the process makes you a bigger problem than the piece itself imho.
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Wow, what a toxic person. I think counterculture is an important part of the tech community, and for this to be removed is... Saddening.
You can't in good faith use quotation marks when the quoted thing was not said. The "dirtbag left" comment was already quoted, not written as-is, and the other tweet said:

"I’ve seen some impressively caustic stuff from that area at times."

Also you and other in this threads seem determined to use them as a scapegoat for all that happens around this joke.

The "dirtbag left" is a particular segment of leftist podcasters who called themselves that e.g. the hosts of the Chapo Trap House podcast.

The other statement seems toxic however.

The other statement is not a direct quotation.
Twitter is officially 4chan now.