Yeah most of the blog articles the author linked to were very mainstream views that they tried to make sound nefarious. The vast majority of them wouldn’t have been out of place coming from Democratic politicians.
Trying to force the creator of Rails out because he is too centrist is insane.
We have to rub along with people who have different political views to our own and I strongly agree that people shouldn't be forced out for opinions held that have little to do with the organization in question.
However, I clicked two of those blog links and the second one, on "consent culture" has genuinely upset me a little. And I am personally in no way deviant from his ideal norm, nuclear family with 3 kids. But the underlying message about cultural force "guiding people to the good life" fuck that, that's taking away choice, who is to say what the good life is. And calling having kids divine joy: I love my kids but that phrasing gives me the chills.
I've only previously read business and tech stuff from dhh and then rarely. That does make me reassess him, I'll probably skip reading any commentary from him now.
I don’t agree with everything or even most of what the man says. I don’t know that I’ve specifically ever heard the phrase divine joy, but similar phrases like children are a gift from God or a blessing from God are extremely common.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Barrack Obama said something similar about children. I do know he called his children the “Great joy of his life”.
I suppose my problem with it is the implied imposition on others. DHH didn't write that his own children are a joy. He wrote that we should be teaching others that children are a divine joy.
Kids are hard work, and they aren't a joy or a gift to everyone. When someone like DHH, who had the resources to take some of the grind of parenthood away, expounds having kids it doesn't come with "and I'll be sharing my wealth to make it easier"
Trying to force the creator of Rails out because he is too centrist is insane.