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Matt Mullenweg returns as Automattic CEO two days after getting booted
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Still missing the point. Completely. Matt is an asshat. No disagreement there. But that’s not something that warrants him being killed.
There is a difference between wanting him to be killed and looking forward to enjoy his death in a comedic fashion.
If he had a tragic death, that would kind of take the gas out of it.
No, there is no difference. Both are taking satisfaction in his death. You people are fucked up.
I'm aware of the point, but I wanted to point out that the Nazi comparison doesn't work. Whether it warrants hoping for his death is a separate question, but there's a qualitative difference between voluntary asshattery and persecuting people for things outside their control and regardless of the harm they do.
No one said anything about him being killed. The comment talked about him dying in a comedic way. Not the same thing.
“Hope dies” doesn’t mean killed? That’s some interesting mental gymnastics
You do understand that people die in ways that don't involve murder, right?
Everyone dies. They were just expressing their preference for the manner of death.
Ir seems to be a call back to that time a tumblr user frustrated about Automattic's insufficient moderation of transphobic harassment stated they hoped he "dies a forever painful death involving a car covered in hammers that explodes more than a few times and hammers go flying everywhere", which really doesn't sound like a serious threat to me.
I do think there is nuance between this and hoping for a violent death, but I'm not gonna die on either hill. Personally, I just hope he (and every other parasitic dickhead) stops being a CEO.