Re: Joint statement on the GNU Project

[Alexander Vdolainen]

On 10/12/19 9:43 PM, Taylan Kammer wrote:
> On 12.10.2019 01:04, Jelle Licht wrote:
>> Taylan Kammer <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>>> [snip]
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> 
> Going by this logic, we could ban support of communism based on things
> done by the Soviet or things currently done by the People's Republic of
> China or North Korea.
just to be more detailed - it's not a pure communism, it's some form of
communism-based authoritarian way. (btw, communism sucks anyway)
> 
> There are many religious people who think homosexuality is "wrong" but
> strongly disagree with violence, and rather feel "worried for" gay
> people who they also try to treat with love.  I think they are very
> wrong about homosexuality, but I find it commendable that they don't
> tolerate violence, and could not in good conscience call them evil and
> request them to be silenced.  In fact, I would not enjoy contributing to
> a community that does so.
I'm not religious one, however I suppose homosexuality is wrong (or it's
some kind of disease to limit population with malformed genes). BUT, I
will *never* oppose them just because they are wrong some kind.
Moreover, I do *not* care about it. And I do *not* support any movement
against homosexuality. BUT, I do *not* support any movement supporting
this, especially those who are using dirty methods such as we can
observe right now (against RMS I mean), and going further - those
methods are going to looks like a pure fascism against normal people.
> 
> IMO the tabooing of world views based on harms they may cause, or harms
> they do cause in various parts of the world, is a slippery slope.
> Almost every ideology has peaceful moderates and militant extremists.
> 
> The GNU project should publish a list of ideologies that are officially
> banned from its channels so people know what they're in for.  All other
> topics should be treated neutrally so long as nobody is using slurs or a
> bullying attitude.  Codes of conduct should clarify whether a rule such
> as "no homophobia" simply means no homophobic slurs/bullying, or whether
> it means that certain ideologies are banned and others favored.
GNU is a technical community - and as a community shouldn't care about
someone's politics view or homosexuality. It should be neutral for such
things.
> 
> 
> (I've been using religion and homophobia as an arbitrary example.
> Should anyone feel upset by this choice of example, please tell me in
> private or otherwise so I can switch to another example.  Although I
> don't wish to write much more on this off-topic topic...)
> 
> 
> - Taylan
> 

-- 
Alexander Vdolainen,
Evil contractor.

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