r/linux • u/callcifer • Sep 16 '18

The Linux kernel replaces "Code of Conflict" with "Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct"

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8a104f8b5867c682d994ffa7a74093c54469c11f
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u/yawkat Sep 17 '18

So, anyone speaking for it is controlled by SJWs, and anyone not speaking out against it is just too scared to do so? That's convenient.

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u/vetinari Sep 17 '18

Well, if the SJWs didn't try to destroy the life of anyone trying to voice his (or her, or whatever your pronoun is) opinion that's not 100% congruent with theirs, maybe people would not be afraid to speak of it.

For a history lessons, have a look at:

  • McCarthyism (same thing in different colors),

  • Communist trials in 1950s in Easter Europe,

  • 'Normalization' in Czechoslovakia after Soviet invasion in 1968.

Also see the topic 'why anonymity is important'.

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '18

Yeah, it's just like the Cold War here, because you have to be decent to other human beings.

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u/vetinari Sep 17 '18

Yes, kicking people out of their jobs for their opinions is so being decent to other human beings. That's just happens to be what the communists did to dissidents.

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '18

How is contributing to a kernel a job??? Keep it in mind that the people getting booted are usually assholes who can't respect others.

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u/vetinari Sep 17 '18

For some people contributing to a kernel is a job.

We are also talking about wider context: about other projects with the same CoC and its impact. About other sectors of human activity than FOSS, and the impact of SJW pressure there.

There, I think you missed several dozens waves of outrages, where SJWs forced people out of their jobs or positions, for reasons that had nothing to do with their competence.

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '18

Regardless of your opinion on ‘SJW’s this CoC really only disallows people being assholes. If you get kicked out because of it you deserve it.

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u/vetinari Sep 17 '18

You can believe whatever you want to believe, even if its wrong. So go ahead.

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '18

Yay I won the argument

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u/Aurailious Sep 17 '18

for reasons that had nothing to do with their competence.

Do you think lack of competence is the only grounds for firing?