"Diverse array of people from different backgrounds" virtually guarantees a diverse array of political positions.
Diversity is worth it. On Sun, Nov 2, 2025 at 2:12 PM Margaret Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > > >
