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Comment by thomassmith65 | Hacker News Reader

You're right, of course, but considering how uncomfortable so many Americans are about these issues (eg: they may have decided the presidential election), I have mixed feelings about what to do about it.

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Perhaps continue to show those around you that the world is complex and that this is fine and no reason to be frightened? And fight for education which acknowledges the complexity of the world and teaches how to cope with it!

Feeding people to the lions in the hope that you can satisfy them is not the right call, morally or strategically. The list of targets has already expanded to include racial minorities, and it’s continuing to grow.

That is part of my mixed feelings. The other part is... Trump, for example, seemed to throw the generally unpopular Heritage Foundation to the lions. Once he regained power, he reversed course...

"Trump Is No Longer Denying Support for Project 2025" https://time.com/7323278/trump-project-2025-government-shutd...

As developers we get to question some things and simplify the systems a bit from time to time. Next time someone wants a "Title" field for a customer - why? Let's simplify, don't do that and avoid many issues. Same for gender/sex in any non-regulated situation. Same for trying to split "Full name" into any kind of culture-specific predefined fields. Or maybe don't ask for a name at all unless you're doing physical shipping. Etc.

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