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Something I've been unclear on for a while, and I'd be grateful if anyone can explain it. The project points to [0] as its rationale for leaving Github. One o
by CoastalCoder 4y ago
Something I've been unclear on for a while, and I'd be grateful if anyone can explain it.
The project points to [0] as its rationale for leaving Github. One of that document's complaints about Github is that they do business with the US's ICE department. It's not the only group from which I've heard such thorough contempt for ICE.
I understand why people might have problems with some aspects of ICE's activities, e.g. charges of inhumane treatment of people crossing the border without authorization. So it makes sense to me that they'd protest those particular behaviors.
But protesting all of ICE makes no more sense to me than un-nuanced calls to entirely defund the police, or abolish the entire DoD. I.e., it seems obvious that totally eliminating any of those government functions would cause problems that almost nobody would find acceptable.
Is there something I'm missing?
[0] https://sfconservancy.org/GiveUpGitHub/ https://sfconservancy.org/GiveUpGitHub/
- MaxLeiter 4y agoPeople want a spectrum of things. Often, “defund the police/ICE” means “replace them with something better”, not eliminating them and forgetting about their original purpose. A few (or many, depending who you ask) bad apples spoiled the batch.