The banner is not related to the (US presidential) election. It is also not partisan - it is purely issue-oriented and not associated to a particular party (of any country).
As such, nothing has really changed since the topic last came up <https://groups.google.com/g/golang-nuts/c/YzN4LkMHs7k/m/W0mrUwTqBgAJ>. On Wed, Mar 17, 2021 at 10:59 AM mortdeus <mortd...@gmail.com> wrote: > ugh i really need to hire an editor. > > > On Wednesday, March 17, 2021 at 4:57:16 AM UTC-5 mortdeus wrote: > >> First of all full disclosure, I just want to apologize ahead of time to >> anybody who finds what I am about to say offensive. I understand politics >> are really important to a lot of people (especially right now) so I >> understand how just my suggestion of this might offend people who care a >> lot about the issue. And for that I sincerely do apologize to anybody here >> who might find what I am about to say offensive. >> >> But with that being said, I full heartedly believe that what I am about >> to say is extremely important towards trying to maintain the healthy >> culture we've all been working to build for the last 10 years. >> >> Leave your politics at home where they belong. >> >> This ad should have never been put up to begin with because frankly this >> community is far more important (and far larger) than America's general >> incapability to get along with one another. >> >> When I type golang.org into my browser and click send, I view this as my >> escape hatch from the absolutely and obnoxiously too loud world were >> constantly forced to listen to, because frankly social media decided to >> give everybody megaphones and started rewarding people with fame for being >> smart enough (and more concerning physically attractive enough) to promote >> a message that can be heard through all the noise pollution. >> >> So honestly, while I didn't say anything about it, but honestly when I >> saw the ad a few weeks before the election it seriously broke my heart. It >> didn't piss me off, it made me literally want to cry, not because I don't >> believe we shouldn't do more to help fight poverty (because the reality is >> that while we might have a racism problem in America, we definitely have a >> poverty problem and the later is far easier to quantify and effectively >> address) but because I literally thought we all understood, in our >> community the only thing we could care less about than how you'd all band >> together to vote politically, is how you'd all band together to vote for >> "quality of life" additions to the language that would probably ruin it. >> >> As a registered Republican (but not really a Trump supporter) I am going >> to say that Black Lives Matter, but not more than this community being >> impartial to the radical notion that we have to be willing to accept even >> white supremacists into our ranks, if they like to code in the best >> programming language on the planet. Because frankly it is through a united, >> loving and deliberately NON-PARTISANLY inclusive community structure that >> ultimately allows us to defeat them at their own game. >> >> All I am saying is we need to take down the "conservatives not welcome >> here" sign. >> >> And if me saying that offends you, then like I said I am sorry, but >> imagine if that tag said "have you been to church lately?" and asked you to >> donate to Chris Pratt's church because that is align with the political >> campaign strategy that aimed to keep Trump in office, when all you want to >> do is think about creative ways to move bits around. >> > -- > 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/747ba9f5-ac53-4265-a2b5-bf77039d491an%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/747ba9f5-ac53-4265-a2b5-bf77039d491an%40googlegroups.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/CAEkBMfGh-M_NP0%2BAu06ytibbEWQ2wv6-hAXpVfyCUuR53v3cEQ%40mail.gmail.com.
