Two days after being placed on a paid leave of absence, Matt Mullenweg says he has been reinstated as CEO of Automattic, according to a Slack message seen by TechCrunch. WordPress Executive Director Mary Hubbard confirmed Mullenweg’s return to the CEO role in a Friday post on X, which the official WordPress account shared and Mullenweg reposted.

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    2 months ago

    Nobody is born a CEO. Hating people for their ethnicity, sexuality or disability is inhumane, but that’s not who we’re talking about here. This is about someone that chooses to be a vile, parasitic extortionist.

    You can’t just stop being a Jew, but it’s very easy to stop being a CEO.

    Edit: It occurs to me that this might read like jewish, gay or disabled people cause damage, so I should clarify: Being jewish, gay or disabled isn’t harmful. There is nothing in common betweem the people the Nazis persecuted and the CEOs we’re talking about here.

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      Still missing the point. Completely. Matt is an asshat. No disagreement there. But that’s not something that warrants him being killed.

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        I’m aware of the point, but I wanted to point out that the Nazi comparison doesn’t work. Whether it warrants hoping for his death is a separate question, but there’s a qualitative difference between voluntary asshattery and persecuting people for things outside their control and regardless of the harm they do.

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        There is a difference between wanting him to be killed and looking forward to enjoy his death in a comedic fashion.

        If he had a tragic death, that would kind of take the gas out of it.

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          No, there is no difference. Both are taking satisfaction in his death. You people are fucked up.