Contributing to OSS considered “dangerous advice”
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#2I suppose this is the natural consequence of making "microagressions" a thing. What a time to be alive.
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#3"microaggressions" and "othering". What is this nonsense. Is this how people behave? Why is this considered acceptable? Someone musters the time and courage to come speak freely at your event, and this is how they are treated? Maybe all meetups should just be a cutout of Ghandi at the podium with a static code cheat sheet on the projector to ensure nobody is offended.
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#5I suppose this is the natural consequence of making "microagressions" a thing. What a time to be alive.
I think microaggressions are definitely a thing, but the term is being misused here.
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#6I don't understand what the problem was with her advice. Was it because she didn't start with "in my opinion" or some other qualifier?
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#7Ah, so we should not work towards inclusiveness because it could be scary.
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#8I don't understand what the problem was with her advice. Was it because she didn't start with "in my opinion" or some other qualifier?
There isn't any problem with her advice. There is a problem with the hosts. The suggestion that encouraging contributions to OSS might expose someone to being harmed in some way is absurd. You may as well say nobody should go to the grocery store - there might be a racist hiding in the frozen food section!
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#9I believe in being careful with words, for sure, but having to modify and monitor every piece of publicly accessible content because it may be triggering or aggressive is just too much. I feel like I must mention that I am a left-wing, very liberal woman but I disagree with the culture we seem to have created where we must talk softly around the issues for fear of offending someone.
We, as a people, must be able to accept criticism and learn to live with hardship. The world isn't a bunch of unicorns and marshmallows. Life can be hard and the more resilient you are, the better you'll be able to deal with those hardships. You're not going to strengthen and grow as a person if everyone around you kowtows for fear of upsetting you.
Re: Contributing to OSS considered “dangerous advice”
#10"microaggressions" and "othering". What is this nonsense. Is this how people behave? Why is this considered acceptable? Someone musters the time and courage to come speak freely at your event, and this is how they are treated? Maybe all meetups should just be a cutout of Ghandi at the podium with a static code cheat sheet on the projector to ensure nobody is offended.
You'd be surprised how many people get their panties in a twist at the mere mention of Ghandi.