Re: Debian supports pridemonth?
On Tue, Jul 02 2019, Jonathan Carter wrote:
> On 2019/07/02 11:26, Marc Haber wrote:
>> I do feel significantly less welcome in Debian since diversity /
>> antiharassment / policitcal correctnes / CoC came around the corner.
>
> How so regarding diversity/antiharassment/CoC? They do nothing to
> threaten or downgrade the importance of any Debian contributor.
If you look back in the Debian archives from 20 years ago, you'll find
that I often participated in conversations here. Although I still read,
I post maybe a few times a year nowadays. The reasons for that are
many, but one huge one is: I came to decide I didn't have time for
poisonous people anymore. And such people, while a minority, were
particularly vocal and Debian historically gave them wide latitude.
I for one appreciate our increased concern for these issues. Although I
personally never took such comments as an expression of unwelcome
towards me by the project as a whole, they significantly lowered the
cost-benefit calculation of participating in Debian conversations for
me. (Honest disagreement is to be expected and welcomed; but
anti-social anger and trolling, not so much.)
It has been a hard slog for this project, because freedom in all its
manifestations is one of our values. We have come to realize that
freedom to associate -- or not -- with people is also a freedom worth
valuing.
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