Re: Censorship in Debian
Jonathan Carter <jcc@debian.org> writes:
> On 2019/01/04 15:44, Scott Kitterman wrote:
>> Note that I'm not talking about refusing to republish (I know what that
>> is). I'm talking about declining to speak based on concern about
>> disproportionate reaction from our leadership/delegates for doing so
>> (I'm also not arguing that did or didn't happen in any recent situation
>> - I am trying to see if there is some consensus to be found on at least
>> how to talk about it).
> Since there were so many replies to your email without actually
> answering your question, I decided to indulge.
> I think what you're referring to above is self-censorship, I think this
> wikipedia page resonates with what you're trying to get across:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-censorship
Thank you, Jonathan. That was a much better response than my too-flippant
one.
Also, I never said this in my replies, but thank you, Scott, for looking
for a less charged word than censorship to talk about this. I think that
makes the conversation better. And indeed it's possible for communities
to go too far and create self-censorship that is harmful and gets in the
way of talking about important issues, so it's useful to have a term for
this so that we can talk about whether Debian is close to that line or
not. It was a good question and deserved a real answer.
--
Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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