On 01/22/2016 11:47 AM, Luz Violeta wrote:
> Hi David !
> I totally share your toughts. I was following the whole CoC discussion,
> and as a transgender woman found myself with a lot of sadness. Because
> what happened in that discussion, happens in some other projects that I
> liked technically and used for a long time.
>
> It's sad, because all those who participated in the discussion were
> people that are not exposed to the experiences we live (and by that, I
> mean everyone not fitting in the hegemony of that white guy in the IT
> industry), and by consequence they don't have sensibility/empathy to
> notice or understand what's out of place ... or these people are totally
> limited in how much of that sensibility/empathy can get. And that's the
> foundation on which the CoC is being written. I saw the CoC go down,
> down, and down in content and quality, not taking stances for nothing
> and falling into generalizations.
>
> I truly hope that open source communities can move forward on the social
> aspect (the community), so more people can feel ok/safe to come by and
> put hands to the work without feeling exposed to violent situations.
> And, about some comments/signatures I saw floating around the CoC
> discussion, I will just say that this is not being about weak, pitiful,
> etc ... sometimes, you just get tired or you just cant have your armor
> all day on, all week on, all month on, all year on ... all life on, and
> sometimes you prefer to avoid these situations, and do something else in
> a safer enviroment, so you have a moment when you can take the damn
> armor off and simply worrying about having fun.
>
> This is pretty much my personal opinion.
>
> Hugs ~
>
> P.S → even now, I'm kinda terrified of a shitstorm in my first mail to
> the mailing list ... but definitely this spark of hope made me come
> forward and say something, dunno.
>
I do not see a shitstorm in the making and welcome to the list.
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Adrian Klaver
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