Very well said! It's quite easy to use one's disadvantages as an excuse for anti-social behavior. The Code of Conduct certainly isn't perfect, but it has proven to be one of the most effective tools in keeping a community healthy.
Usually, I find when people dump on CoCs, they're just angry at accountability. I haven't known anyone yet who was a productive member of Python and opposed to the CoC, at least in principle and aim. On 2021-05-08, Mirko <mirkok.li...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > I apologize for this OT post, especially because it's in reply to an > at least partly troll post, but I just can't resist. Sorry. > > > Am 08.05.2021 um 14:09 schrieb Talkie Toaster: >> On 06/05/2021 18:56, Mark Lawrence wrote: > >>> Quite frankly I don't care how this discussion goes as the Python >>> community discriminates against Asperger's suffers such as myself. >>> >> >> I believe I am also on the spectrum and feel the same way about the >> fluffy cloud echo chamber for fluffy clouds that is the Python >> "community". > > I'm also on the autism spectrum but I do *NOT* appreciate how you > both instrumentalize our condition and use it as a self-righteous > self-defense and how you politicized it. > > One of the core aspects of ASS is that we have difficulties > understanding and following common and accepted social norms. But > that is not a carte blanche for every kind of misbehavior. I don't > call myself Aspie for no reason. I believe that we have a right to > be what we are and to live according to our needs, situations, > conditions and specialties. But that doesn't mean that the rest of > the world has to unilaterally adapt to us. It's both sides! The > world needs to understand that our behavior is a little different we > need to understand that our behavior is sometimes off the limits. We > need to learn -- both sides -- how to live together and we need to > learn to *RESPECT* each other. > >> This "code of conduct" bullsh1t is getting out of hand. > > Unless the CoD includes ASS of course! Isn't it?! ;-) > > You complain about a "fluffy cloud echo chamber", but you are > *calling* for the *same*. A fluffy cloud echo chamber where no ASS > person is ever called for any possibly disrespecting words or > behavior. A fluffy cloud echo chamber where everybody just accepts > and respects you for what you are. Does the concept sound familiar? > > > P.S.: *NOT* among the core symptoms of (the high-functioning levels) > of ASS is the inability to learn. Mind that! (And that includes > social norms.) -- Jason C. McDonald (CodeMouse92) Author | Speaker | Hacker | Time Lord -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
