Equating not supporting this and supporting marginalized groups is not correct. You can support marginalized groups all day and disagree on how best to do so. It doesn’t have to be political at all.
> On Jun 14, 2020, at 4:43 PM, 'Axel Wagner' via golang-nuts > <golang-nuts@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > > Hi, > > the Go Team and the Go Project are composed of people and expressing an > opinion - *especially* a political one - is well within their right (If I was > a conservative American I would wax poetically about the first amendment > here). > Let's not pretend this is about politics or not. This is about *what* > politics. Some people will feel turned away if you support marginalized > groups. But not doing so will turn away other people. And as far as I'm > concerned, if I'm given the choice, I know perfectly well which of the two > I'm fine turning away. Black lives matter. And if you don't feel that way or > don't want to support that message, as far as I'm concerned, I won't be sad > to see you leave. > >> On Sun, Jun 14, 2020 at 11:07 PM Sam Whited <s...@samwhited.com> wrote: >> What makes you think this is somehow politics and not simply supporting >> an important not-for-profit at a time when it's particularly relevant >> and important to do so? I don't see anything political about the topic >> unless you count that some of the solutions are political (but this one, >> donating to a respected non-profit, is not, so I still don't understand >> your point). >> >> —Sam >> >> On Sun, Jun 14, 2020, at 16:44, Eric S. Raymond wrote: >> > It is the injection of politics into a list where politics does >> > not belong. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "golang-nuts" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/d7710db8-7e16-4e36-aa76-627de71cb7e9%40www.fastmail.com. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "golang-nuts" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/CAEkBMfH12W0uj6UNRB6Y2mdBgb7w-nze0O_afJAZ0i5KwATW7A%40mail.gmail.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/0A551BF9-F25D-43C4-A678-2E449CC56716%40ix.netcom.com.
