On Mon, Jun 15, 2020, 01:22 robert engels <reng...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> All I pointed out was that someone objecting to this may not be doing > based on political party affiliations. > No, what you said is, that objecting to the banner may not be *political*. You didn't mention parties and neither did I. And I stand by my statement, that objecting to the banner *is* inherently a political act. And that claiming to object on the grounds that you don't want politics in the Go project is thus paradoxical. Do you think all Democrats think alike on all issues? This is the problem > with society at large these days - you can be aligned on the goals and > disagree on how you get there but if you disagree with the vocal minority > then look out. > > You know nothing about me, my background, my politics - or morals for that > matter - so please be more respectful. Nothing I said on this topic was in > any way disrespectful of anyone - yours clearly has been. > > On Jun 14, 2020, at 5:19 PM, Axel Wagner <axel.wagner...@googlemail.com> > wrote: > > 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/CAEkBMfF444NAO6ah0jbgDKdoo9%3DVDu%2B3thu%2BM0s9U62BJ8ho-g%40mail.gmail.com.
