Astounding. I work for a professional open source company, after many years of working for (not open source) companies.<p>Open Source is more inclusive, more altruistically driven, and better in every way I can imagine.<p>I am dumbfounded by the premise of the article. I have no idea what it could mean.
I don't understand what the problem was with her advice. Was it because she didn't start with "in my opinion" or some other qualifier?
"microaggressions" and "othering". What is this nonsense. Is this how people behave? Why is this considered acceptable? Someone musters the time and courage to come speak freely at your event, and this is how they are treated? Maybe all meetups should just be a cutout of Ghandi at the podium with a static code cheat sheet on the projector to ensure nobody is offended.
I don't understand how "tech involvement is harder for URM" as URM appears to mean "unaccompanied refugee minors"??<p>Can someone shed light on that?
I believe in being careful with words, for sure, but having to modify and monitor every piece of publicly accessible content because it <i>may</i> be triggering or aggressive is just too much. I feel like I must mention that I am a left-wing, very liberal woman but I disagree with the culture we seem to have created where we must talk softly around the issues for fear of offending someone.<p>We, as a people, must be able to accept criticism and learn to live with hardship. The world isn't a bunch of unicorns and marshmallows. Life can be hard and the more resilient you are, the better you'll be able to deal with those hardships. You're not going to strengthen and grow as a person if everyone around you kowtows for fear of upsetting you.
This is non-news. Someone who shouldn't be in charge of enforcing CoC comes into contact with someone who has the good fortune of possessing common sense.<p>Its important to try to be as inclusive is possible - the community engagement person is wrong, but ultimately with their heart in the right place.<p>Its also important to use your brain, read the room, and if something makes someone uncomfortable, let their voice be heard.<p>Next.
Here's one of my opinions: Everything anyone ever says is their own opinion based on their own experiences.<p>Here's another: We'd all be better off if we held the opinion above, and remembered it when assessing what people say. We'd be able to interpret statements like "Contributing to OSS is awesome!" as "In my own experience, contributing to OSS has been awesome", where such an interpretation doesn't erase or override one's own opinions and experiences. Not saying this is easy to do, just that it is beneficial.
I'm flagging this because the inevitable HN thread will consist only of people tripping over themselves to mock the people involved, and zero serious discussion.