I was in the Twitter Space where some of these events occurred. In my opinion, he was off-base as a representative of a company on a personal account that was used for work purposes; he directly mentions the company in his Twitter bio. His adherence to Catholic doctrine in no way justifies the way he articulated his religious convictions; his phrasing left a lot to be desired, and alienated many LGBT members of the crypto community.
The only thing I’ll say to temper what he said, and doubled down on multiple times, is this:
The Twitter Space that this occurred in wasn’t moderated well at all, was a shitshow of people talking over each other to grill him repeatedly. Godwin’s law was invoked multiple times. Hypothetical child incest victims seeking abortions were also floated as purity tests. It was not a serious religious or philosophical debate.
It was a digital bedlam, whose outrage fomented over the actual perceived unwelcomeness felt by LGBT folks in the web3/crypto community. The proximate cause of this was discovery and coverage of the tweet under discussion, and the repeated avowals of that tweet in the Twitter Space, which then led to calls to change delegates of $ENS away from the person in question. The whole situation escalated rather quickly.
None of this is meant to trivialize his beliefs or justify them, either. I think he was wrong to say what he said to begin with, and I can understand why many no longer see him as a responsible community leader in ENS: the community lost faith in his ability to represent their interests.
The only thing I’ll say to temper what he said, and doubled down on multiple times, is this:
The Twitter Space that this occurred in wasn’t moderated well at all, was a shitshow of people talking over each other to grill him repeatedly. Godwin’s law was invoked multiple times. Hypothetical child incest victims seeking abortions were also floated as purity tests. It was not a serious religious or philosophical debate.
It was a digital bedlam, whose outrage fomented over the actual perceived unwelcomeness felt by LGBT folks in the web3/crypto community. The proximate cause of this was discovery and coverage of the tweet under discussion, and the repeated avowals of that tweet in the Twitter Space, which then led to calls to change delegates of $ENS away from the person in question. The whole situation escalated rather quickly.
None of this is meant to trivialize his beliefs or justify them, either. I think he was wrong to say what he said to begin with, and I can understand why many no longer see him as a responsible community leader in ENS: the community lost faith in his ability to represent their interests.