What they hate is being looked down on, being sneered at, which naturally suggests that it's a way to go.
This attitude turns down a lot of people from functional programming. You know this, right?
As well, I don't see how that approach changed Bob Martin attitude at least a bit. He keeps going, and this media coverage only increases his audience.
anti-vaxxers, flat earthers, white supremacists, clean coders.
There was some "internet drama" in React community recently. It started with a very similar claim. (This is shouldn't bother you, just a fun fact)
My PoV is that there are some bad actors which can't be argued (maybe they do it intentionally, maybe not - doesn't matter), and some people which are got in bad influence and "can be saved". I believe that the number of bad actors is much less than "innocent citizens". And we should try harder to convince people and explain why bad actors are wrong.
When I say that you should use rational arguments instead of assaults I don't hope that bad actors will hear you, I hope that "innocent citizens" will be like "🤔hey they are right, vaccine indeed stopped smallpox".
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This attitude turns down a lot of people from functional programming. You know this, right?
As well, I don't see how that approach changed Bob Martin attitude at least a bit. He keeps going, and this media coverage only increases his audience.
There was some "internet drama" in React community recently. It started with a very similar claim. (This is shouldn't bother you, just a fun fact)
My PoV is that there are some bad actors which can't be argued (maybe they do it intentionally, maybe not - doesn't matter), and some people which are got in bad influence and "can be saved". I believe that the number of bad actors is much less than "innocent citizens". And we should try harder to convince people and explain why bad actors are wrong.
When I say that you should use rational arguments instead of assaults I don't hope that bad actors will hear you, I hope that "innocent citizens" will be like "🤔hey they are right, vaccine indeed stopped smallpox".