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> But creating a community that is comfortable for everyone is an inherently valuable goal. Well, I can never be comfortable in a community where I might have
by rhapsodic 10y ago
> But creating a community that is comfortable for everyone is an inherently valuable goal.
Well, I can never be comfortable in a community where I might have my reputation and/or career destroyed over a reference to testicles that some might deem inappropriate.
The people doing this are vicious and hateful, and they need to be given a taste of their own medicine.
- istjohn 10y agoI agree: overzealous activism is a real problem when it makes people fearful of freely participating in public discourse. I disagree that retaliation is a constructive response.
- rhapsodic 10y agoIf you know of a better way to check the growing power of these vicious hateful busybodies, I'd like to hear it. They're like Jerry Falwell's Moral Majority when it was at the peak of its power, probably back in the 1980's. But they're more frightening, because they're able to accomplish with a few tweets and blog posts what took them many millions of dollars and a membership-based organization.
- mrcsparker 10y agoMaybe the idea of communities in tech should just go away. People who share similar ideas on tech should just get together to share those ideas without having to setup a bunch of arbitrary rules and gatekeepers. Some brilliant people might also have offensive ideas. Why not have a system that allows that brilliance to shine through? The larger problem here is that these are not communities of hobbyists. Saying something silly or having someone misinterpret what you are saying within the community could cost you your living. Crockford will be okay because he is already well established, but what if he wasn't as well established?
- erichocean 10y ago> Some brilliant people might also have offensive ideas. Yup. And some brilliant ideas are offensive.