Conclusion to a mini thread on the LWN article:
Handling attacks on a community https://lwn.net/Articles/814508/
Posted Mar 15, 2020 11:25 UTC (Sun) by zenaan (subscriber, #3778)
https://lwn.net/Articles/814970/
[I wrote:]
>> So is it fair to assume then that you agree with all the resignations
(RMS), knee-bending (Torvalds), and turmoil (openSUSE and many others)?
[Cyberax wrote:]
> Absolutely. People should learn to behave like decent human beings, and
not like entitled brats.
[I responded:]
In other words:
Cyberax: "Richard Matthew Stallman, founder of the Free Software Foundation
(FSF) and staunch catalyst, visionary, upholder and all around grandfather for
the entire FLOSS/Libre movement for ~30 years now, behaved or spoke, in my ever
so high opinion, "like an entitled brat," and so therefore (I say) it is a
great thing that he was "resigned" from his FSF."
So ... speaking of "entitled brats" ...
["Mummy told me I am fully entitled to be free from all confronting words
by anyone forever." - You know, that's not a bad definition of "snowflake", not
bad at all ... we shall be making use of that :D]
Now for a definition of snowflake:
Snowflake:
1. An entitled brat.
2. A wilting fragile flower.
3. A human who considers themselves entitled to be protected against all
confronting words for the rest of their lives.
4. A useless human who achieves attention by whining about words they
cannot resist reading, which have been written by others and which they find
some way to take offence to.
5. A dangerous saboteur who typically hides for many years behind niceness
and pretence, before striking a true leader when the leader appears to be under
attack.
WARNING to future founders: When you found any organisation or entity in this
world, be clear about the inviolable rights your organisation shall protect and
perhaps enshrine these in a "bro-CoC" code of conduct, such as:
- the right to free speech
- the right to challenge anyone at any time, on their actions and/or their
words
- the right to offend people with truths which they may find confronting
- the right to speak your mind and your opinion (presumably "modulo is it
lawful in the list administrator's jurisdiction")
- the right to "be an ass" when you're having a bad day, and that this may
never be held as a ground for your dismissal or expulsion or demotion or etc
- the right to joust, verbally, yet vigorously, with anyone at any time
It is important to enshrine your bro-CoC, because if you don't, then saboteurs
pretending to be snowflakes, or pretending to protect snowflakes, shall
eventually damage both you and your organisation by introducing a snow-CoC.
Also consider ways to clandestinely determine the loyalty of those who proclaim
to be your "friend" and/or "supporter".
Good luck - and may your eyes be open!
