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So was Obama until halfway through his presidency but we don’t put scarlet letters on him... as a gay dude I’m sick of us branding people all the time... the dude is a legend no if’s ands or buts

What? Yes we do, see drone strikes [0].

As a paranoid citizen I don't trust people with my privacy if they get off on punching down at other people's freedoms. Simultaneously I agree that Eich built some interesting technology. Just like Obama started to put a dent in mass incarceration [1].

[0] https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2017-01-17/oba...

[1] https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/1/6/14189862/ob...

How are Obama sanctioned drone strikes at all comparable to a scarlet letter?

Point to the sanction that let him drone strike US citizens

Regardless, I’m not sure what that has to do with his contributions of code and product.

It has nothing to do with that, but could have something to do with whether a person would consider someone a hero.

It doesn’t necessarily have anything to do with it.

I simply refuted the claim that everyone considers him “a hero”.

Source?

https://techcrunch.com/2014/03/28/after-supporting-prop-8-br...

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-26868536