On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 12:08 AM Robert Engels <reng...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> 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. > No, it is *inherently* political to try and silence the support of marginalized people. That's what's happening here, to point out the obvious. Some people (the Go project) expressed support for a marginalized group and now, you and others are trying to silence them. That's a political act. Which is why I say, it's not about "if politics", it's "which politics". You are saying your political activism is okay, but theirs isn't. > > 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 > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/CAEkBMfH12W0uj6UNRB6Y2mdBgb7w-nze0O_afJAZ0i5KwATW7A%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- 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/CAEkBMfGQk4HoBAPuaEakMq9xvqDz9N8C2Xe_Wm%2BTPo7hF2QpjQ%40mail.gmail.com.
