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The article is about an indigenous artist, so mentioning race does not seem that far fetched?

Where did you move?

So this was a publicity stunt by the publisher? As far as anyone can tell, no one ever asked for these changes to be made in the first place

But his father did own an emerald mine. That's what the Snopes link says.

I’d love an example of a person from the first group who was called a white nationalist because they think power comes from the people and not the government.

I’m not high roading anyone, I’m merely saying I prefer products not built by war criminals. I certainly don’t reap any benefits from what Matt and his fellow soldiers did in Iraq during their illegal war, and even if I did - does that mean I can’t talk about it?

What’s stupid about it?

I disagree that we should congratulate anyone whenever they do something good, no matter what they did in the past.

Would you blindly congratulate a participant in the Bucha massacre on the launch of their new app?

Would you congratulate a former ISIS member?

Surely even the most amoral person on HN would draw the line somewhere?

A product built by an ex-soldier who was part of an occupying force that committed countless war crimes? No thank you.

Question for other HN users - would you use a product built by an officer of the Russian army who was part of the war in Ukraine?

Edit: Those downvoting me, did I say anything that is not true?

But this posted study is placebo controlled, right? It was also published 5 years after the link you posted