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They're useless for their stated purpose, but they're quite useful for their real purpose: as a punishment tool used by social justice sadists which are parasit
by blub 6y ago
They're useless for their stated purpose, but they're quite useful for their real purpose: as a punishment tool used by social justice sadists which are parasitizing projects conferences and organizations.
- KnobbleMcKnees 6y agoThis is the saddest part of all; not because of the toxic influence of these bad actors, but because it detracts from actual issues of discrimination and misconduct. What does anyone think happens when an organizer breaks the code of conduct? I can write the list of actions here:
- techdragon 6y agoCounterpoint to nothing happens when it’s the organisers violating the CoC. PyCon AU 2019 https://2019.pycon-au.org/news/inclusivity-and-political-statements/ https://2019.pycon-au.org/news/inclusivity-and-political-sta...
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- throwaway0a5e 6y agoDoesn't even have to be social justice sadists. They're ripe for arbitrary enforcement and likewise can be used by people with power to direct the enforcement people against anyone they don't like. Depending how cynical you want to be that's arguably the point of them.
- himinlomax 6y agoThe fact that they're social justice types is an historical detail, in the 50s it was the McCarthy red scare types for instance. Overall it's the same kind of people, authoritarian/social dominants; see https://theauthoritarians.org/ https://theauthoritarians.org/