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There needs to be some kind of bar here where a certain level of offence is necessary before it's considered serious enough to act upon. If I hate the color pu

There needs to be some kind of bar here where a certain level of offence is necessary before it's considered serious enough to act upon. If I hate the color purple and you have a purple logo, am I "offended"? Likewise, if I'm afraid of spiders and your logo is a spider, is that problematic? This Code of Conduct is an attempt to set a baseline people can aspire to adhere to, not a set of iron-clad rules. If someone's running an "Denial of Attack by Claiming Offense" on you, then clearly they'd need something to be offended about. What could you be doing where no matter what you did, they'd still protest?

AnimalMuppet 11y ago
If you post consistently, and I am looking with malice for things to semi-plausibly take offense at, I'll be able to find them. For example, I took a look at your posting history here. In the first page, I found two things that I could have used to claim offense. (I won't say what they were, because it would require contortions that I don't want to have to go through, and because I'm not actually trying to do this to you.)
- s73v3r 11y ago
  You're being paranoid.
- hga 11y ago
  Per the disputed quote of Cardinal Richelieu: Qu'on me donne six lignes écrites de la main du plus honnête homme, j'y trouverai de quoi le faire pendre. If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in them which will hang him.
- astrodust 11y ago
  I have opinions and I'm not afraid to express them when having a discussion or argument, especially when it's of a more existential nature, the sort you might have on Hacker News or especially a more general platform like Reddit. However, when I'm working with other people on an open-source project, I don't have time for assholes of any sort. This goes for people being dismissive or discriminating as well as those who are quick to harp about being oppressed when clearly it's not the case. Context is extremely important here.
  - Sir_Substance 11y ago
    >However, when I'm working with other people on an open-source project, I don't have time for assholes of any sort. This goes for people being dismissive or discriminating as well as those who are quick to harp about being oppressed when clearly it's not the case. What about those who are domineering about enforcing their preconceptions of appropriate communication on others regardless of interpersonal and productivity cost, even when they weren't privy to the communication in the first place and no party involved in the communication cares for their opinion on the subject? Me personally, I think those guys are the worst of all.

AnimalMuppet 11y ago

If you post consistently, and I am looking with malice for things to semi-plausibly take offense at, I'll be able to find them. For example, I took a look at your posting history here. In the first page, I found two things that I could have used to claim offense. (I won't say what they were, because it would require contortions that I don't want to have to go through, and because I'm not actually trying to do this to you.)

s73v3r 11y ago
You're being paranoid.
hga 11y ago
Per the disputed quote of Cardinal Richelieu: Qu'on me donne six lignes écrites de la main du plus honnête homme, j'y trouverai de quoi le faire pendre. If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in them which will hang him.
astrodust 11y ago
I have opinions and I'm not afraid to express them when having a discussion or argument, especially when it's of a more existential nature, the sort you might have on Hacker News or especially a more general platform like Reddit. However, when I'm working with other people on an open-source project, I don't have time for assholes of any sort. This goes for people being dismissive or discriminating as well as those who are quick to harp about being oppressed when clearly it's not the case. Context is extremely important here.
- Sir_Substance 11y ago
  >However, when I'm working with other people on an open-source project, I don't have time for assholes of any sort. This goes for people being dismissive or discriminating as well as those who are quick to harp about being oppressed when clearly it's not the case. What about those who are domineering about enforcing their preconceptions of appropriate communication on others regardless of interpersonal and productivity cost, even when they weren't privy to the communication in the first place and no party involved in the communication cares for their opinion on the subject? Me personally, I think those guys are the worst of all.