On Wed, 24 Mar 2021, o1bigtenor via talk wrote:
tl;dr
IMHO the complete brouha is political correctness run amok!
Yes indeed.
I've been actively opposing political correctness for many years. I am of
course against signing the petition. I wrote an article on the subject
back when RMS originally resigned. It's actually a response to the
article written by Selam G that kicked off the entire episode.
https://avoiceformen.com/featured/a-great-man-in-the-free-and-open-source-community-falls/
Secondly the bigger the bureaucracy the greater the likelihood that it
is a refuge for the unable, the unwilling and/or the incompetent.
Sloth and indogence are rewarded rather than activity and output.
Haven't you heard, we live in a period of post meritocracy...
https://postmeritocracy.org/
The author of the above manifesto, Coraline Ada Ehmke, is also the author
of the Contributor Covenant used by many FOSS projects.
This present direction is in process of destroying our society with
that end looming very very close.
Agreed. It's time for the silent majority to be a little less silent.
Rob
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