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[–] Steve@communick.news 49 points 3 months ago (47 children)

Sometimes terrible people can do good things.
Those good things should be supported.
Judge a project on it own merits.

People still use the Autobahn.

[–] Recant@beehaw.org 12 points 3 months ago (8 children)

Great analogy and perspective.

[–] masterspace@lemmy.ca 22 points 3 months ago (2 children)

It's not that great an analogy because the autobahn isn't still maintained by Nazis.

[–] Recant@beehaw.org 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

That's your opinion on what is and isn't a great analogy.

Hopefully the maintainers of the project will be more considerate in the future.

[–] masterspace@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

It's not my opinion, it's an objective flaw with the analogy where the comparison doesn't entirely work. It's not a big deal, by their nature analogies tend to be imperfect.

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