Ok, so I'm pretty pissed after reading the latest iOS Dev Weekly.

If you replied to Dave telling him what not to say in **his own goddam** newsletter:

a) unsubscribe
b) go fuck yourself he is 100% right

@mattiem fucking people, man.
@mattiem Some people can’t handle the truth.
@eerko he was being charitable!
@mattiem He didn’t even mention the name, so people taking offense actually imply they agree with the assessment.
@mattiem I wish he hadn’t apologized though: https://iosdevweekly.com/issues/592#start
Issue 592

Starting the year with plenty of links from around the Swift community. ⛓️

@scottaw people react in many different ways to being harassed and, while I agree, it’s hard to judge
@mattiem yeah. I get why he decided to, I just think it’s unnecessary. This is not a Dave cancel moment by any stretch.
@mattiem the people trying to silence him for disagreeing with his opinion I'm sure repeated all the free speech BS from Elon
@mattiem I totally agree with you. Unsubscribe if you feel uncomfortable as it not like you paid for it and even if you paid for it you should just cancel your subscription.

@Barkoded vote with your feet, as they say!

Thing is, people often know their opinion isn’t popular. So they have to use other tactics, like harassment.

@mattiem this really never gets old

@shaundon I love that meme.

But I think it actually obscurs a very important thing: they aren’t weird nerds defending Elon. They are just people that deeply want the idea of the meritocracy in society to be real. They are defending their worldview.

@mattiem that’s a really good point
@mattiem oddly, if we lived in an actual meritocracy, Elon would be at the bottom of the list. Nothing he has “accomplished” has been based on his own “merit.” Literally nothing.

@Dhmspector I honestly don’t know enough to comment on that.

But I think he is so incredibly terrible and that’s enough for me. I refuse to accept a society that looks at this kind of behavior and says “yes, this is what we should all strive towards”

@mattiem agree a bazillion percent.