PersephoneJul 3, 2024
Ok new rule. If you're banning politics from your open source project you are doing it intentionally to build a nazi bar

There have been enough very public examples now of what happens when you start trying to ban politics from your open source project.

You don't get to play "oh I didn't know" and be all gas lightly. Nope. You know and you did it with intention. Tough shit, this is on you. You've got yourself into the position of maintaining an open source project. Just like becoming a billionaire, that doesn't happen by accident. You didn't just touch a computer for the first time yesterday and start an open source project. You know what you are doing enough to know this.
Show threadFlesh 🐀 Jul 3, 2024
@mindpersephone I feel like there's two very distinct kinds of "no politics" that can be difficult to tell apart in places.
There's "anyone welcome, but do not talk about the genocide/elections", which can be valid. Politics can get heated and upsetting, it's fair to want a space without that. Not exactly a fan of that, big infestation chance, but still.
And there's "acknowledging the existence of women/gays/trans people is pushing an agenda", which just sucks.
Show threadFlesh 🐀 
@mindpersephone Also, I think a core difference is the former is characterised by a relative understanding that people have political opinions and just preferring to not make them come to clash or upset in the space.
Meanwhile, the latter is distinctly marked by a hostility to some description of being "political" as if just being "political" in and of itself was a sin.
Jul 3, 2024 at 6:10pmWeb