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To those that are up in arms about "political correctness", what is your counter proposal? I'm a firm believer in your Right to be Offended, but you know what?

To those that are up in arms about "political correctness", what is your counter proposal? I'm a firm believer in your Right to be Offended, but you know what? Maybe GitHub isn't the place where you should expect to be offended. Maybe this Code of Conduct is an attempt to set the conversational tone. Freedom of speech does not mean the freedom to spray your thoughts and opinions on all platforms, public and private. You have a problem with GitHub? Get your own site and go nuts. It's that aspect of the internet worth defending tooth and nail. GitHub is not the internet.

okasaki 11y ago
This doesn't apply to all projects on github, just projects managed by github.
- astrodust 11y ago
  Yeah, that's why I'm baffled that people are losing their shit over this.
  - malandrew 11y ago
    Because it's setting a bad precedent that others are likely to follow/adopt. "Let's do that. Github did it". Beware cargo cult political correctness.
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monstruoso 11y ago
Political correctness is the oppression of our intellectual movement so no one says anything anymore just in case anyone else gets offended. What happens if you say that and someone gets offended? Well they can be offended, can’t they? What’s wrong with being offended? When did stick and stones may break my bones stop being relevant? Isn’t that what you teach children? He called me an idiot! Don’t worry about it, he’s a dick. Now you have adults going “I was offended, I was offended and I have rights!” Well so what, be offended, nothing happens. You’re an adult, grow up, and deal with it. I was offended! Well, I don’t care! Nothing happens when you’re offended. “I went to the comedy show and the comedian said something about the lord, and I was offended, and when I woke up in the morning, I had leprosy." Nothing Happens! “I want to live in a democracy but I never want to be offended again.” Well, then you’re an idiot. How do you make a law about offending people? How do you make it an offense to offend people? Being offended is subjective. It has everything to do with you as an individual or a collective, or a group or a society or a community. Your moral conditioning, your religious beliefs. What offends me may not offend you. And you want to make laws about this? I’m offended when I see boy bands for god sake. It’s a valid offense, I’m offended. They’re cooperate shills, posing as musicians to further a modeling career and frankly I’m disgusted. - Steve Hughes.

okasaki 11y ago

This doesn't apply to all projects on github, just projects managed by github.

astrodust 11y ago
Yeah, that's why I'm baffled that people are losing their shit over this.
- malandrew 11y ago
  Because it's setting a bad precedent that others are likely to follow/adopt. "Let's do that. Github did it". Beware cargo cult political correctness.

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monstruoso 11y ago

Political correctness is the oppression of our intellectual movement so no one says anything anymore just in case anyone else gets offended. What happens if you say that and someone gets offended? Well they can be offended, can’t they? What’s wrong with being offended? When did stick and stones may break my bones stop being relevant? Isn’t that what you teach children? He called me an idiot! Don’t worry about it, he’s a dick. Now you have adults going “I was offended, I was offended and I have rights!” Well so what, be offended, nothing happens. You’re an adult, grow up, and deal with it. I was offended! Well, I don’t care! Nothing happens when you’re offended. “I went to the comedy show and the comedian said something about the lord, and I was offended, and when I woke up in the morning, I had leprosy." Nothing Happens! “I want to live in a democracy but I never want to be offended again.” Well, then you’re an idiot. How do you make a law about offending people? How do you make it an offense to offend people? Being offended is subjective. It has everything to do with you as an individual or a collective, or a group or a society or a community. Your moral conditioning, your religious beliefs. What offends me may not offend you. And you want to make laws about this? I’m offended when I see boy bands for god sake. It’s a valid offense, I’m offended. They’re cooperate shills, posing as musicians to further a modeling career and frankly I’m disgusted. - Steve Hughes.