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It's hard to define what is and isn't political right? It can get ontological .. (i.e. if everything is political than nothing is political and if nothing is po

It's hard to define what is and isn't political right? It can get ontological .. (i.e. if everything is political than nothing is political and if nothing is political than everything is political). It seems like in this case Gitlab is trying to avoid some of the Google/Amazon blowback for taking questionable contracts. In those cases .. tech people are in high demand. It's not that difficult for us to find work elsewhere. That being said .. it's almost impossible to be moral in customers. Everyone company does questionable stuff, has questionable clients, mixes normal with military contracts, etc. Should Gitlab not allow projects from churches who create tools to help minister to homosexuals (in trying to convert them away from homosexuality)? Is being intolerant of the intolerant .. tolerant? There are really complex questions here.

microcolonel 7y ago
> Should Gitlab not allow projects from churches who create tools to help minister to homosexuals (in trying to convert them away from homosexuality)? No matter how misguided in practice, is it even immoral for people who believe that homosexuality is immoral to try convincing gay people to change? > There are really complex questions here. This is the sort of question that GitLab should not be asked to answer.
- microtherion 7y ago
  > is it even immoral for people who believe that homosexuality is immoral to try convincing gay people to change? It depends on the details. On one end of the spectrum, a one-off conversation may be OK. On the other end, there are the horrible things inflicted on gay people in the name of "conversion therapy". And many people who believe homosexuality is illegal want to keep that practice legal (or make it legal again, respectively).