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I'm no fan of CoCs, but I already know the arguments used by (many of) their proponents, and that this FAQ does not fully address them. This feels too dismissi
by Chris2048 7y ago
I'm no fan of CoCs, but I already know the arguments used by (many of) their proponents, and that this FAQ does not fully address them.
This feels too dismissive, with an hand-wavey "let's be adults"; Clearly, the problem is people either don't act like adults, or the idea of how an adult should act differs.
Furthermore,
"or possibly, you are wrong?" will be called "victim-blaming", "gas-lighting" or "lamp-shading",
"Email that person, and try to work it out" will put the onus of resolution on the victim, etc.
For these culture wars we need to directly address the two viewpoints; This naively assumes best intentions, the traditional CoC crowd falsely assumes the worst. We need to discuss distinctions of behaviour - separate the "micro-aggression" from the outright crime and make it very clear they are to be treated entirely differently, that "scorched earth" policies rarely work, but neither do "lets all get along" policies.
<tangent> TBH, I see a similarity to arguments over programming methodologies; trying to promote a handful of catch-all methods when the best solution is one tailored to the situation </tangent>
edit: Ok, so someone flagged the article. seriously? Can we all review what flagging is supposed to be for: To flag abusive or inappropriate material, not a special super-downvote option.