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BuildTheRobots ◴[] No.45041917[source]
> I’m on the board overseeing Linux graphics. Half of us are trans. If all you care about is Linux, resist the attacks on trans people. > If you have any decency, fight back.

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9dev ◴[] No.45042518[source]
Trans people are bad optics now..?
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1. nemomarx ◴[] No.45043162[source]
What's the negative stereotype we're worried about here? "trans women are hackers" or something? Linux secretly makes you trans?

The banker thing would be bad optics because of conspiracies about it, but I'm not aware of an equivalent.

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2. BuildTheRobots ◴[] No.45045643[source]
"It would have been the year of the Linux desktop too, if it wasn't for those pesky trans hackers!"