No. I love KDE precisely because they're not falling for this "apolitical" nonsense that only ever is used to benefit the far right and push out marginalized people. -- Margaret "Mae" Miller (she/her)
Nov 2, 2025, 14:09 by [email protected]: > Hello everyone, > > Something concerning that was brought to my attention compelled me to compose > my thoughts. For the sake of maintaining a healthy community with a diverse > array of people from different backgrounds, I would like to implore that you > please keep KDE Plasma apolitical. It should not be used as a platform for > character assassination or the badjacketing of people and organisations for > political views which may differ from your own. There could be about half a > dozen of reasons why KDE Plasma may have wished to abstain from interacting > on X/Twitter and each of them likely to be valid from a purely technical or > utilitarian prospective. Instead, an employee of KDE Plasma for promotion and > communication asserted their own politics and spoke on behalf of KDE Plasma > as a whole in a statement when addressing why KDE Plasma has stopped posting > to X. > > I don't think this is something that should be tolerated in our community, as > the politicisation of projects and hobbies only serves to sow division which > leads to ostracism and exclusion rather than inclusion. Hobbies should be > politically neutral as to remain inclusive for all people from different > walks of life. The founding ethos of the free and open source community > ensured that nobody was excluded or marginalised for their immutable traits > or beliefs as they did not matter or would've otherwise impacted a person's > ability to participate. These very founding principles are being threatened > by those who that assert their politics into the hobbies and projects where > it has no business being. The free and open source movement is political in > nature, yes. However, there should be absolutely no room for identity > politics and culture wars which distract from the very purpose of our hobby. > Creating, maintaining and iterating on software and public infrastructure > that anyone may freely use for the betterment of humanity. > > I've left my thoughts here in good faith as a user of KDE Plasma and welcome > any discussion or feedback. > > Thank you all for your time and cheers for reading. > > —Slopsec > > -- > Sent with https://mailfence.com > Secure and private email >
