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by Shish2k 4454 days ago
Did you personally take part in the fighting in WWII? If not, how can you say that Hitler was a bad person?

(Deliberately invoking Godwin, because that's the level of logic I'm responding to :P )

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Although I recognize that your intent is a reductio ad absurdum of the parent's point of view. you should also recognize that this comment draws a parallel between the volunteer devs of OpenSSL and Hitler.
It does seem like some members of the community nearly see it this way, considering their reactions.