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0 pointscybrox3y ago0 comments

No offense but thank you for demonstrating this issue perfectly.

You instantly assume that I am talking about social issues that I do not agree with or that do not affect me and feel personally attacked.

It's quite the opposite, though. I most often agree with the messages people put in their documentation. Some of them even have a very deep personal meaning for me.

Yet, I stand by my point that a technical documentation or standard is no place for them. You, I or nobody has any right to force someone who is trying to build software to listen to your/my/their personal beliefs and political opinions.

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parker_mountain3y ago· 2 in thread

>You, I or nobody has any right to force someone who is trying to build software to listen to your/my/their personal beliefs and political opinions.

I'm going to continue to build, and to make, and to live, and to thrive.

There is never "a place" for inconvenient speech. This is an extremely privileged position.

Don't like it? Don't read my docs. Go consume elsewhere. Thanks!

zestyping3y ago

It sounds like the two of you are talking about different things (personal creations vs. international standards) — perhaps that's a root of the disagreement?

parker_mountain3y ago

Frankly, I was focusing less on the standards and more on documentation, but I would absolutely include an advocation for my human rights into any standard I was responsible for. There are still many countries I am unable to safely visit, and if they are going to use my work, I want them to at least be cognizant of their cruelty.

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