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It's amusing how strongly the Node community strives to be "inclusionary" when comes to race/gender/orientation/religion/etc but when someone presents dissentin
by meritt 10y ago
It's amusing how strongly the Node community strives to be "inclusionary" when comes to race/gender/orientation/religion/etc but when someone presents dissenting technical ideas or thinks an implementation is wrong, they might as well be crucified for voicing such blasphemy.
- chris_wot 10y agoBeing crucified for blasphemy seems a might ironic.
- Noseshine 10y agoWell, the original meaning of crucifixion merely is to have a very punishing (and very public) form of capital punishment. The religious meaning was added on top of that, and it isn't actually the crucifixion itself, but the person who died and that he did so. The method itself isn't the focus.
- PeterisP 10y agoWell, the biblical crucifixion was for blasphemy, so it's kind of a usual reason to do it.
- sleepychu 10y agoI don't think that'll ultimately help Node but I don't see a problem with an opinionated language/framework from a technical point of view. Feel free to hold whichever extreme technical standpoints you wish. The problem is when we fail to embrace people who are technically strong because of their race/gender/religion/sexual orientation, these are all clearly bad metrics to judge technical ability by.
- ageofwant 10y agoI have noticed that the most self identifying "progressive left" people are some of the most intolerant individuals I've ever had to deal with. They are extraordinarily dismissive of any "non-aligned" viewpoints, they are miniature despots. I would hate for any of those to have any real power over other people's lives. Being tolerant is being OK with other people being "wrong".
- youdontknowtho 10y agouh huh. coming from a state that has been dark red my entire left...I can tell you about right wing intolerance. It's ACTUAL intolerance. Being dismissive isn't intolerant. Blocking voting rights and trying to change school books is intolerant. You disagree with them and they are snarky to you on Twitter. Not the same thing at all.
- xiaoma 10y agoIf you want to truly understand political correctness, try living in a communist country for a few years. The media is maddening. So is the word-policing.
- joepie91_ 10y agoI wouldn't brand that as "the Node community". It appears to be a very vocal few individuals, with most of the community either not caring or being afraid to speak out against it.
- meritt 10y agohttps://www.joyent.com/blog/the-power-of-a-pronoun https://www.joyent.com/blog/the-power-of-a-pronoun The Node community absolutely has had this sort of drama since the beginning. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but it definitely skews the sort of person who is a member of said community.