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> They are also some of the most vocal extreme left-wing activists I've known well.

Can you give a few examples of the vocal extreme left-wing activism?

18F wrote a slack bot to police "non-inclusive" language. You know, "hey guys" etc.

https://technical.ly/software-development/18f-using-slackbot...

https://github.com/18F/18f.gsa.gov/blob/master/_posts/2016-0...

I sure don't agree that constitutes extreme activism of any kind, but anyway, my question is for Ancapistani and it's about the personal friends referenced in their message.

I understand the best I have with this handle is pseudoanonymity, but I’m not going to be throwing people I know and respect under the bus in a public forum.

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