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They're a weapon of "social justice" - 90% of CoC rules are common-sense stuff that doesn't have to be said, combined with one or two "progressive" ideas shoeho
by 15155 9mo ago
They're a weapon of "social justice" - 90% of CoC rules are common-sense stuff that doesn't have to be said, combined with one or two "progressive" ideas shoehorned in.
- swed420 9mo agoAnd "social justice" is often a weapon of capital interests in disguise.
- mikkupikku 9mo agoThat's why it was kicked into overdrive during/after Occupy Wall Street. The message of bankers screwing over everybody else in the country had clear broad appeal and people were paying attention and talking about the issue. Then, newspapers started reporting that the OWS protestors were using a "progressive stack" to silence white men and give all the talking time to the freak squad... I don't even know if that narrative had any truth or if the newspapers made it up whole cloth, but regardless it was something most American's certainly could never agree with, so OWS was overnight transformed into a social justice freak show in the eyes of the public and people stopped talking about bankers.
- fortran77 9mo agoI was once told I couldn’t present a calorie counting/diet app at an Elm conference because it violated their CoC about discrimination based on “body size”.
- MaKey 9mo agoThat's just absurd.
- KaiserPro 9mo agoMate, thats just rules. rules you don't agree with.
- 15155 9mo agoOften these "rules" extend to conduct far outside of the purview of a project - typically crossing into identity politics. "If you espouse views I don't like on your personal Twitter, you can't contribute to this entirely unrelated software project."
- thunderfork 9mo agoThis can sometimes, in practice, be reasonable. If letting muh_dick_1488 open PRs means everyone else stops contributing, well, you're gonna have to pick a group to keep.
- oytis 9mo agoI mean, that probably depends on how extreme are the views? If you write a blog post about there being too many colored people in London, how are non-white developers supposed to collaborate with you?
- 15155 9mo agoPerhaps by minding your own business and focusing on the work? Nobody is forcing you to view that person's blog or to even know it exists. If that individual's viewpoints somehow visibly leak into their work or professional communications, then you might have a case for complaint or concern.