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He literally calls openly for the ethnic cleansing of undesirable populations from Europe. Just read his blog. There's no subtlety or nuance.

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You're using the word "literally" very liberally here.

Sending migrants back to their home countries is not ethnically cleansing.

> Sending migrants back to their home countries is not ethnically cleansing

About that.... Yeah...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madagascar_Plan

Yes, that is literally what it is.

Forced displacement of an ethnic group is one of the definitions of ethnic cleansing. It's also considered a crime against humanity.

Don’t be hyperbolic. Enforcing immigration policy isn’t a crime against humanity.

Forced relocation is defined as a crime against humanity.

“when committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against any civilian population” which I don’t think this really clears, as objectionable as his comments may be

DHH hasn’t committed a crime against humanity. He just said he would not consider one entirely bad if it made him feel safer when walking around his house.

From a groups homeland, yes.

Deporting immigrants whom presence is not a right is not ethnic cleansing.

I don't think he's been literal about ethnic cleansing, even though I strongly disagree with his political views on the matter.

Anyway, he also supports open weights models, which IMO is a good thing.

So maybe separate the artist from the art? He's not running for elections, that's for sure, so as a citizen he can have the political views he likes, doesn't mean the software is bad because of them.

He calls for removal of people based on their ethnicity. What would you call that?

Ethnicity or citizenship?

The word he uses is a pejorative for the Romani, an ethnicity.

As I've said before, I strongly disagree, but what I read is that he calls for the removal of those behaving in a way that (in his opinion) make the city of Copenhagen less safe, or at least that change the perceived security of the people living there.

Gypsies create issues almost everywhere in Europe, but it's not based on ethnicity, most of the ethnic Roma are fully integrated, some of them are not, in Italy many Sinte families are linked to mob and criminality in general.

Do they deserve special treatment because of their ethnicity?

And what if they are not regular citizens?

It's an open problem, DHH's solutions it's absolutely not my solution, but there's a still a difference between what he said and calling for ethnic cleansing.

No one will reply to you because it requires thinking through this problem with the same nuance they accuse DHH of not appreciating. I'm right there with you.

He supports systematic violence against marginalized ethnicities, but he also supports open weight models.

or as dril put it

drink driving may kill a lot of people, but it also helps a lot of people get to work on time, so, it;s impossible to say if its bad or not,

> drink driving may kill a lot of people, but it also helps a lot of people get to work on time, so, it;s impossible to say if its bad or not,

that's a non sequitur

"that guy is not against driving under the influence, but he also always wears seatbelts and always respects speed limits" FTFY

ethnic cleansing?

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