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Rafael Avila de Espindola, one of the top contributors to the LLVM compiler toolset, has cut ties with the open source project over what he perceives as code of conduct hypocrisy and support for ethnic favoritism. In a message posted to the LLVM mailing list, de Espindola said he was leaving immediately and cited changes in the community.
LLVM project founder, Chris Lattner responded; "I applaud Rafael for standing by his personal principles, this must have been a hard decision." Lattner also insisted that "it is critical to the long term health of the project that we preserve an inclusive community."
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(Score: 5, Insightful) by unauthorized on Friday May 04 2018, @01:28PM
Two words: selective enforcement. "No tolerance for intolerance" and all that jazz.
University professor making a "joke" about white genocide [cnn.com]? Oh dear, we better slap him on the wrist. Now imagine the shitstorm if it he had said black genocide. The university would have totally just given him a stern talking right?
This is the moral authoritarian of the ages in a nutshell. When it's for "the greater good" everything is justified, and when it's against it we shall nitpick and lionize every minor transgression. A Few decades ago, it was the God-botherer traditional right. Today, the SJWs have taken their place. Different ideologies, same abhorrent authoritarian mindset - the "priesthood" of the "moral good" can do no wrong and you better fall in line or they'll do everything they can to make your life miserable.