Jonathan Carter - 02.07.19, 10:54: > On 2019/07/02 10:35, Martin Steigerwald wrote: > > How about a month of welcoming *all* contributors regardless of > > their > > skin color, their sexual orientation, their political viewpoints, > > their appearance? > > > > How about "all is welcome here"? > > That's basically our default state, so you could basically say we do > that every month. > > The reason that certain groups of people (women, lgbt people, > disadvantaged people (based on race, location, etc) and so on) gets > some special attention is that they have been historically > marginalized and in many countries that's still even the case. The > idea behind diversity isn't diversity for diversity's sake as some > would like to allude to, but it's about inclusivity and about human > rights. And sure, when it comes to human rights it's going to get a
Again here as well: I have no opinion about pridemonth nor any objection with it. What I argued about is my perception that people who raised concerns and felt unwelcome or marginalized were not met by acknowledgment. And it is not even about me, cause I did not feel that way. My main point just was: Their opinions and feelings are valid, too. Being inclusive means at least acknowledging that. I never made a statement on whether to promote, support, endorse pridemonth or not. Please do not read more into what I wrote than what is actually there. > As for a literal "all is welcome here", that gets more complicated > because people who go against our ethos aren't welcome here. If > someone is a bigot and wants to spew out hatred and propaganda on our > platforms, I'll be one of the first to make a call that they be > kicked out. This doesn't at all meant that people can't have their > own opinion or should be afraid to voice it. But there are those of > us that want to make this world a better place for future generations > so that they can both live and thrive in it, but then there are those > regressionists who will insist on every bad choice possible to set us > back as a species. I have no problem to call these people out, and if > they want to be a crybaby and a snowflake about it and go "boo I > don't like politics" every time that they are proven to be wrong > about their views and still insist to double down on those, then I'm > certainly not going to waste any sympathy on them. Did you actually read: Martin Steigerwald - 02.07.19, 10:35: > Of course that does not mean to tolerate abusive behavior. It is of > course important to set healthy boundaries by having a netiquette > and/or a code of conduct that makes sense and actually enforce it. > > Love it not license. I can still love someone and set boundaries. I > can still love someone and leave or ask them to leave. Cause if you did, I do not get why you are actually even writing this. I acknowledged that there are situation where it is important to set clear boundaries. Thanks, -- Martin