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[James Almer]

On 12/27/2024 10:15 PM, Vittorio Giovara wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 27, 2024 at 8:04 PM James Almer <jamrial at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 12/27/2024 9:58 PM, Vittorio Giovara wrote:
>>> On Tue, Dec 24, 2024 at 11:46 AM Michael Niedermayer <
>> michael at niedermayer.cc>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Anton
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Dec 24, 2024 at 06:24:40AM +0100, Anton Khirnov wrote:
>>>>> Quoting Michael Niedermayer (2024-12-23 21:37:32)
>>>>>> If i stand by and do nothing, THAT would be abusing of my power
>>>>>
>>>>> Behold, the favorite excuse of every tin-pot dictator ever.
>>>>>
>>>>> So boiling down your verbal vomit, I get
>>>>>
>>>>>       Yes, your democracy IS just pretend and I - the person who
>>>>>
>>>>>       * tries very very hard to avoid as much human contact as possible
>>>>>       * oversaw one of the most toxic FOSS communities for close
>>>>>         to 25 years
>>>>>       * through heavy-handed authoritarianism directly caused one of the
>>>>>         most notorious forks in FOSS history
>>>>>
>>>>>       really do know better than everyone else how to run a community.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> To that I say:
>>>>> * you are delusional, as you are the source or enabler of all the
>>>>>     toxicity
>>>>> * Libav had NONE of these problems (not saying it was perfect - it did
>>>>>     have other problems, but not these)
>>>>> * there is no hope for this project as long as you continue to hold the
>>>>>     reins and I've wasted enough of my life on it.
>>>>
>>>> If the democracy is just pretend, then above all, you certainly will
>>>> agree that my SDR code would have been pushed to git master.
>>>> It was not.
>>>>
>>>
>>> OH MY GOD, you are not bringing this up again! Ever heard of the
>> expression
>>> "the exception that proves the rule"? Think how much community outlash it
>>> received and how much effort it took from EVERYONE to prevent you from
>>> doing something NOBODY wanted.
>>>
>>> You should really drop the "it's totally a democracy, except I can do
>> what
>>> I like" stance you have. Repeat after me
>>>
>>>
>> 👏it's👏not👏a👏democracy👏if👏I👏can👏be👏judge👏jury👏and👏executioner👏
>>>
>>> You are not him, and never will be.
>>
>> Vittorio, this is not ok at all. I don't even know who "him" is, but the
>> second half of this email is out of the line.
>>
> 
> It's a meme: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/bro-thinks-hes-him-im-him
> 
> It's really sad that a CC representative is taking sides and victim
> shaming, when the very people of this community are leaving (forcibly or
> not) because of this thread.

I'm not taking sides, i want things to calm down.

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