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> TPW was a visionary

Regardless of whether this is true - you think “visionaries” should get a free pass for harassing people?

> publicly denounce someone based on hearsay

You know GitHub confirmed that he did harass an employee right? It was just before he resigned because of the aforementioned harassment.

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Since there was no criminal misconduct, everyone realized their mistakes, admitted them, and changed things to prevent further mistakes. I'm not sure you could ask for more from humans.

So ya, I'll give him a pass on this one. It's not a blanket statement that visionaries should be able to harass people. That's not the argument I'm making.

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