Oh god, I suspect this may be a tad too political for Hacker News. And I apologise if that's the case. But after hearing the StackOverflow stuff about that mod

Oh god, I suspect this may be a tad too political for Hacker News. And I apologise if that's the case. But after hearing the StackOverflow stuff about that mod getting fired for pronouns, complaints about identity politics in companies like Google, and people getting their lives ruined over Twitter jokes, I thought I may as well post it anyway. The people pushing this stuff are bullies, and like most bullies, are depending on people not fighting back/not cowing to their demands. By not giving in, most will back off eventually. Same goes for a lot of these companies using dodgy DCMA notices and takedowns on YouTube. Most of them will not go forward with an actual lawsuit against a self hosted site or publication, since they know they legally don't have a leg to stand on. They just rely on the system being broken and take advantage of it. Tell these people you won't do what they want, and most of these issues will go away.