[CODE OF CONDUCT REMINDER - WAS Re: Re: Why did Norbert Preining (having maintained KDE) left Debian?]
On Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 12:44:52PM +0100, deloptes wrote:
> max wrote:
>
> > For comparison, RMS is publicly against singular "they", and Debian
> > developers voted not to censure him.
> > https://stallman.org/articles/genderless-pronouns.html Seems like a double
> > standard, but whatever.
>
> If you engage in such discussion, you are ready to fail. There is no force
> in this universe to tell me not to use the pronouns he and she based on
> biological sex.
> The opposite is complete madness: I recommend listening to Jordan Peterson
> on this subject.
> I doubt RMS is authority in this field. He has opinion and this is it - he
> and not only he - no one has the authority to tell you or me how to speak.
> Language is to help us understand each other. Obviously someone does not
> want to admit to this basic rule and wants us to roll over into the
> Overtone window. It is absolutely unnecessary discussion. J. Peterson
> refuses to accept, I refuse and many others. It is perfectly OK. I have the
> same rights as you do. Period.
>
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