frederickbonger

I disagree that it's not an indictment of his integrity, while agreeing with the remainder of your points.

If this was an example of empathy as a bias, it led to abusing someone quite publicly and inappropriately. Failure to recognize and correct this is demonstrative of a lack of integrity.

Integrity? Bryan Cantrill still hasn't apologized for:

- Calling a core node.js developer an asshole in public

- Throwing him under the bus, and

- Saying that if he was an employee, he'd be fired, full stop

... all while talking about the importance of empathy: https://www.joyent.com/blog/the-power-of-a-pronoun

And of course, there's the "Have you kissed a girl?" response[1] from early in his career. He doesn't seem to have actually changed since then, he just figured out that if you hide your social aggression behind feel-good platitudes, you can get away with a lot more.

[1] http://www.osnews.com/story/28261/_Have_you_ever_kissed_a_gi...