You do know that Terry was extremely mentally ill? This comment comes across as insensitive to him condition and to others that dare to participate in society with mental illness.
With all respect for Terry and being fully aware that the outrageous parts of behavior were almost definitely a result of his mental illness - no one in their right mind would intentionally try to associate their product with him in marketing.
It isn't about "how dare he participate in society" (which is irrelevant, as he is, sadly, not alive anymore). You just simply dont associate your product in public with someone who talks about "cia glowies in a van outside of my house, trying to bait me with a handgun and an underage child" or records a video of themselves calling a black person outside an N-word with hard "r" (and then gets hit by that person).
Again, sad story for Terry, and I genuinely feel compassion for the man. He clearly had a brilliant mind trapped in his head, but his mental illness took over it entirely. To the point where he became literally about as marketable as the Unabomber, and probably even less. It isn't insensitive to say that his behavior (regardless of the mental illness) makes it impossible to attach his likeness to your product in a positive way.
I have plenty of empathy for Terry as a person, and I think what happened to him is a tragedy. As someone who had been following his journey with TempleOS for quite a long time, I genuinely feel for his circumstance. He had a brilliant mind and probably would have went onto achieve quite a few impressive things, if it wasn't for his mental illness.
However, none of that would make him more "advertising-friendly" and override the perception caused by his public outbursts (which were driven by his illness). People were "canceled" for way less. That's just the reality. No amount of empathy on my end would make someone saying the n-word (with a hard "r") n a derogatory way towards a black person and recording it on video any more advertising-friendly.
My insensitivity to what? "People assaulting african-american people in public and yelling n-word with hard r at them as an insult are not marketing-friendly material" is not an opinion or a position, it is a fact. Do you disagree with this and believe that this type of behavior is marketing-friendly? Is merely stating it in the relevant context insensitive? Because I didn't just throw it in there, it was directly relevant to my argument for why SparrowOS name was unrelated to TempleOS.
I feel like i am being gaslighted pretty hard right now , and the passive-aggressive "be better than that" isn't helping.
