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Are you guys still going on about that because they don't want to create a political space in their open-source project? Stop putting politics in everything yo

by sph 2y ago

Are you guys still going on about that because they don't want to create a political space in their open-source project? Stop putting politics in everything you touch. Once upon a time, before being an activist poseur was in vogue, open source was all about code, not idiotic posturing for terminally online people. Oh, the beautiful, inclusive movement of brigading and "with us or against us" black-and-white thinking. Very tolerant indeed.

kmeisthax 2y ago
RMS has been an "activist poseur" since the very beginning - i.e. before "open source" was even a thing. Do people just never read stallman.org?
c-hendricks 2y ago
Am I wrong, or is "stop putting politics in _____" just people saying "I will politicize _____"?
- panzi 2y ago
  You are not wrong.
mort96 2y ago
Apparently acknowledging the existence of computer users who aren't male is political now
- sph 2y ago
  Do female users really need "acknowledging"? Is the lack of acknowledging a barrier? Are they all waiting for "activists" like you to open the door and be welcomed at using, e.g. SerenityOS? Do you believe female users feel left behind because there is no official line that says "hi, female users. I acknowledge and salute you. You are welcome here."? Why do you believe people different than you need your white gloves treatment? Get off your high horse. It is political posturing at best, at worst it's just getting annoyed at nothing and feeling righteous about it. All these idiotic inclusive movements all that create is ghettoisation and making everything about gender and race, when the stated goal is to remove the gender and race barrier. In the wise words of Morgan Freeman, "if you want to get rid of racism, stop talking about it".
worewood 2y ago
Yeah, like that time when somebody just wanted to fix a gramatical error ("he" was being used incorrectly) and the maintainers rejected it on political grounds, bringing politics into something that had nothing to do with politics? So much for a project that claims to be apolitical

by sph 2y ago

kmeisthax 2y ago

RMS has been an "activist poseur" since the very beginning - i.e. before "open source" was even a thing. Do people just never read stallman.org?

c-hendricks 2y ago

Am I wrong, or is "stop putting politics in _____" just people saying "I will politicize _____"?

panzi 2y ago
You are not wrong.

mort96 2y ago

Apparently acknowledging the existence of computer users who aren't male is political now

sph 2y ago
Do female users really need "acknowledging"? Is the lack of acknowledging a barrier? Are they all waiting for "activists" like you to open the door and be welcomed at using, e.g. SerenityOS? Do you believe female users feel left behind because there is no official line that says "hi, female users. I acknowledge and salute you. You are welcome here."? Why do you believe people different than you need your white gloves treatment? Get off your high horse. It is political posturing at best, at worst it's just getting annoyed at nothing and feeling righteous about it. All these idiotic inclusive movements all that create is ghettoisation and making everything about gender and race, when the stated goal is to remove the gender and race barrier. In the wise words of Morgan Freeman, "if you want to get rid of racism, stop talking about it".

worewood 2y ago

Yeah, like that time when somebody just wanted to fix a gramatical error ("he" was being used incorrectly) and the maintainers rejected it on political grounds, bringing politics into something that had nothing to do with politics? So much for a project that claims to be apolitical