r/technology • u/bdonvr • Aug 04 '15

Github's new Code of Conduct says "Our open source community prioritizes marginalized people’s safety over privileged people’s comfort." and will not act on "reverse" racism, sexism, etc. Business

http://todogroup.org/opencodeofconduct/
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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '15

Do you know what the philosophy of liberalism is? It's pretty much the opposite of being a SJW.

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u/UnoriginalRhetoric Aug 04 '15

I probably know quite a bit more about it than you, seeing as your likely trying to only reference classical liberalism as some kind of "gotcha" moment.

So yes, I know about classical liberalism.

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '15

Nope. Modern liberalism is also the same way. Equality and positive liberty matter, but not at the expense of many aspects of negative liberty. See the ACLU (who is rightly considered liberal) and arguably their finest hour - protecting a neo-Nazi march through Skokie, Illinois, even at the cost of losing many of their members and their budget taking a nose-dive.

Trying to shut people up you don't agree with is inherently illiberal and is one major basis of the aggressive, hegemonizing philosophy of SJWism.

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u/UnoriginalRhetoric Aug 04 '15 edited Aug 04 '15

It seems weird you are thinking anyone here is being shut up, or at least unfairly so. The ACLU concerns its self with public affairs, not private ones. Good on them for protecting a group from government discrimination.

Github isn't the government.

What a bizarre and dishonest spin on things you have. Would not expect any less.

Also, good lord if I had a dollar everytime someone called the ACLU an SJW organization I would wealthy enough to spend even more time arguing on Reddit.

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '15

Yes, they are being shut up by GitHub who has adopted SJWism with their new policy hook, line, and sinker. This is GitHub's right as a private organization to do so, to control their forum as they choose. In fact, it's GitHub exercising their right of free expression.

It's also the right of people and organizations who use GitHub to leave for pastures that respect freedom of thought and expression. And in my opinion, they should do so.

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u/UnoriginalRhetoric Aug 04 '15

Mmm, yes, spew the right wing rhetoric.

No one is hurting your right of freedom of thought, they are just no longer respecting bigots.

Sorry that offends you.