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I'm glad you pointed this out. We need to move past the "this person said something I don't agree with so I will never interact with them again"
Identity politics are bad and we should not be beholden to them.
People and their technical knowledge are more than their political views.
@Recant Switching to an alt to try to talk up your original point doesn't work when all of the other replies have already called you out.
@doogiebug @HughJanus
What are you talking about?
Is it not possible for two different people to share similar opinions?
Sure, people are more than their political views, but I don't know that that means political comments made in tech content should just be ignored. The people making the content put them there deliberately, and there's enough tech content out there that at the very least if that bothers you, it's easily possible to find something that doesn't include those comments, if not something that includes political commentary that isn't bothersome.
On top of that, what some might call identity politics, others would call minority groups getting together and demanding that their voices be heard the same as others. Political divisions often reflect real life experiences and how they differ, and the only way to just ignore the political differences is to ignore important issues is people's lives.
Identity politics is also a 2 way street. I'm not familiar with tech podcasters specifically, but I imagine they're not getting the same kind of push back if the political commentary is putting minorities in a negative light.
What I am using far too many words to say is, dismissing the concerns of the OP because they sound a little bit too much like identity politics is not a nice way to contribute to this thread, and I encourage you to reexamine your post and think of nicer ways to contribute in the future.