FWIW I’ve seen that poem used ironically multiple times before, and I don’t recall it being flagged as offensive or insensitive in past incidences.
Eg here’s the query on Twitter, <10% of hits are about the Holocaust, and 0% of the replies I spot checked talked about the implied comparison being offensive or insensitive.
Do you read the “First they came for one EA leader” poem as ironic? When I read it, I saw it as an argument against “EA leader lynching”, and as a request for people to speak up to protect EA leaders.
I think in general it is fine to use this poem in a joking manner, see the comment by Guy Raveh below, and I don’t expect John G. Halstead to be against all repurposing of the holocaust poem.
I haven’t checked your sources on twitter, because your link doesnt work for people without an account. But I don’t consider random tweets to be a reliable source of whats considered insensitive anyways.
Mostly I find it ironic, given that Ben says his original post was motivated by a sense that there was a pervasive silencing effect, where people felt unwilling to share their negative experiences with Nonlinear for fear of reprisal.
I was initially going to comment on how we in Israel actually repurpose this poem quite a lot in a joking manner—but then I Ctrl+F’d the actual part of the post and I mostly agree with you on this point.
The repurposing of a holocaust poem seems insensitive to me
FWIW I’ve seen that poem used ironically multiple times before, and I don’t recall it being flagged as offensive or insensitive in past incidences.
Eg here’s the query on Twitter, <10% of hits are about the Holocaust, and 0% of the replies I spot checked talked about the implied comparison being offensive or insensitive.
Do you read the “First they came for one EA leader” poem as ironic? When I read it, I saw it as an argument against “EA leader lynching”, and as a request for people to speak up to protect EA leaders.
I think in general it is fine to use this poem in a joking manner, see the comment by Guy Raveh below, and I don’t expect John G. Halstead to be against all repurposing of the holocaust poem.
I haven’t checked your sources on twitter, because your link doesnt work for people without an account. But I don’t consider random tweets to be a reliable source of whats considered insensitive anyways.
Mostly I find it ironic, given that Ben says his original post was motivated by a sense that there was a pervasive silencing effect, where people felt unwilling to share their negative experiences with Nonlinear for fear of reprisal.
Can you point out where the poem is in the very long post?
First they came for the… But I said nothing.
This is extremely distasteful. We have sufficient evidence now about nonlinear I think, and fortunately it is all in public view
I was initially going to comment on how we in Israel actually repurpose this poem quite a lot in a joking manner—but then I Ctrl+F’d the actual part of the post and I mostly agree with you on this point.