Tim, Technology is political. Deal with it.
Signed, Common Fucking Sense On Wed, Aug 19, 2020 at 4:02 PM Tim Daneliuk <i...@tundraware.com> wrote: > On 8/19/20 1:10 PM, J. Pic wrote: > > Tim, don't you also think that statements should be backed by > > evidence, even more if they are particularly accusatory ? > > > > We'll be lucky if S&W's editor doesn't sue the PSF for slandering for > > publishing that S&W "upholds white supremacy". > > > > As a general matter, I agree: Claims should be supported by evidence. > But that's not the problem here. The various cause crusaders are > attempting to insert themselves into every single discipline. They > do this claiming their attacks as some kind of moral virtue and that > they are therefore above reproach or counterpoint. It is natural > for people who disagree to punch back. > > My real point in commenting at all was that we open this one-sided door > at our own peril. By allowing provocative commentary of the sort voice > in this godforsaken commit message, we absolutely invite others to the > party. > Despite what the aforementioned cause crusaders think, they are not > unassailable, nor are they the only- or dominant voice in these matters. > Open this door and you get an absolute sewer of commentary > (from many sides of these issues). Social media is full of many trenchant > such examples. Best to leave it there. > > > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > > -- CALVIN SPEALMAN SENIOR QUALITY ENGINEER cspea...@redhat.com M: +1.336.210.5107 [image: https://red.ht/sig] <https://red.ht/sig> TRIED. TESTED. TRUSTED. <https://redhat.com/trusted> -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list