The chaos in the US is affecting open source software and its developers

The atom bomb wasn't built because people loved nuclear technology.

Software is a choice and select software isnt neutral.

Anything people choose to make is political when, like the atom bomb, it conveys power.

Go ahead, announce how you have an atom bomb then tell people its an apolitical tool!

Under which rock are you hiding? Sounds nice and comfy there, can I hide there too? /S

People generally say that, but then they shove their politics in our faces whenever they have the opportunity.

You may not care about politics, but politics care about you.

Russians on the frontlines are pinnacle of "I don't care about politics".

Free and open-source software is by definition about the users' rights. Fighting for rights can't be non-political.

The article quite literally spells out how laughable a take this is

Politics are what led me to this passion. Politics and software development, right to repair, etc. are deeply connected.

I disagree with the words you've chosen, but I think others are missing the sentiment. Most of us understand there is a level of politics involved in making free software. The problem many software communities are facing is unnecessary purity tests. The mission of the GNOME desktop environment does not include protesting U.S. I.C.E. enforcement.

This exact phrase is literally a meme

Immature take. Everything is political, or everything is affected by politics. If you say "we shouldn't discuss politics in _____ space" then you are simply supporting the status quo. In this case, the status quo is fascis/nazi takeover of the biggest superpower (technologically, economically, and militarily) in the world, and as the article says, that is having direct effects on software. So it is political whether you "make it" that way or not.

AKA whether you want to be an adult about it, or not.